‘No thank you, prime minister’: Lorry drivers decline Boris Johnson’s Christmas visa offer

The Independent says Boris Johnson’s proposed three-month working visa for European truckers is not proving a popular prospect for some European lorry drivers.

On Sunday the government announced a plan to issue temporary visas for 5,000 foreign truck drivers as a response to the acute shortfall of truck drivers that has caused fuel pumps to run dry and massive queues at forecourts across the country.

However the visa only lasts until 24 December, which Jakub Pajka – a Polish truck driver who quit his job in the UK after Brexit – said was not long enough to be worthwhile.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-visa-christmas-poland-b1928746.html