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"The driver shortage has resulted in a dependence on agency and particularly foreign drivers that goes beyond what is needed to cope," the report warned.

“In Keir Starmer’s essay, migration was only mentioned in the context of, ‘we need to tackle the challenges of our time, such as climate change, terrorism and migration’. I thought it was quite strange that migration would appear in the same sentence as terrorism - and climate change as well, because for me, those are very different topics," Bulat told TLE.

“After 18 months of your leadership, our movement is more divided than ever," he said.

He also had some advice for the UK Government.

The coronavirus job retention programme was the biggest state intervention in the UK’s labour market in peacetime, and comes to an end this week.

“If you help bail us out of this sh*t show we created for ourselves, you can have a TEMPORARY VISA for FREE," the letter read.

“Drivers shortage is just the beginning, the warehouse operators will be the next to leave.”

The Labour deputy leader challenged Boris Johnson to apologise for his own ‘racist, homophobic and sexist’ comments.

Disruption to fuel supplies, energy price rises, rise in protests and public disorder, disputes over fishing rights - sound familiar?