By Press Association 2021
A collection of British newspapers
The panic gasoline purchase is the main story in the national newspapers, with the government considering sending the military to help.
The Daily Mirror presents the fuel situation as a “mess” in its headline, adding that Prime Minister Boris Johnson was “warned in June of the lack of drivers and did nothing”.
Tomorrow’s front page: Shambles #TomorrowsPapersToday https://t.co/tmLiyla3vX pic.twitter.com/tEUcBZBQn9
– The mirror (@DailyMirror) September 26, 2021
The independent said at least half of off-highway gas stations would be “dry after a weekend of panic shopping by anxious drivers.”
INDEPENDENT DIGITAL: Half of the service stations are now out of gas #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/SrP6zsJey1
– Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) September 26, 2021
Transportation Secretary Grant Shapps, meanwhile, insisted there was “no shortage of fuel” and blamed carriers for the panic at gas pumps, according to Metro.
Monday’s front page:
YOU ARE JUST SO FUEL!# tomorrowspaperstoday #BBCPaper #skypapers pic.twitter.com/TGu5PQ9n3f
– Metro UK Journal (@MetroUKNews) September 26, 2021
Senior ministers will meet on Monday to discuss the deployment of the military to drive tankers, reports the I, The daily telegraph and The Guardian.
Monday’s front page
Ministers can deploy the military in the event of a fuel crisis, @singharj: https://t.co/n5kwjQU4tu
1 in 4 gas stations run dry as panic-buying weekend fears chaos, @cahalmilmo: https://t.co/wPM8Pf1oEC#TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/AJ240GC5xs
– I journal (@theipaper) September 26, 2021
Tomorrow’s Daily Telegraph front page:
“Plans for the military to help alleviate the fuel crisis”#TomorrowsPapersToday
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– The Telegraph (@Telegraph) September 26, 2021
Front page of the Guardian, Monday September 27, 2021: Oil crisis: Prime Minister to rule on the use of the army to deliver fuel pic.twitter.com/Y8WJd1VugU
– The guardian (@gardien) September 26, 2021
The temperature was informed that the soldiers would likely be put on notice to implement the plan to transport gasoline “within days”.
TIMES; Army will be sent to deal with fuel crisis #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/cmcJLaDzNk
– Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) September 26, 2021
The âfuel-hungry chefsâ are decried by the Star of the day, the newspaper reporting that some gas stations raised fuel prices as drivers lined up outside.
Tomorrow’s front page: gasoline mugs #TomorrowsPapersToday https://t.co/QlTZGMcZT9 pic.twitter.com/5FFVqhJrt7
– Star of the day (@dailystar) September 26, 2021
Meanwhile, a Daily mail A reporter spent six weeks undercover in a motorway control room and discovered that 10% of “vital” security cameras “were not working.”
MAIL: Horrors of Smart M-Ways Unveiled #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/iQf685EqXA
– Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) September 26, 2021
And Downing Street plans to lower the graduate salary threshold for paying off student loans, according to the Financial Time.
Just published: Financial Times front page, UK edition, Monday September 27 https://t.co/9hw0Tmr0sj pic.twitter.com/KFlz9zRcU5
– Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) September 26, 2021