Return to their operating centres? Given that 99 % of them will be European, that’s exactly what they are trying to do FFS!
Lorry drivers and associated trades are the last large body of industrial workers who could bring the whole UK to a shuddering halt in 72hrs, or less, if they acted collectively. No blockades or slow moving convoys, no violent confrontations, just a dignified silence caused by just not turning up for work.
What are the chances of that happening? Less than zero, and the authorities know that. So if people won’t act to change it, we all need to keep bending over and taking it right up the fundament.