It will last until the new passes have reversed the situation and there is a glut of drivers looking for work, then we shall see new contracts being imposed just as before with a drastic reduction in pay and conditions. The ‘empty shelves’ propaganda will morph into ‘drivers pay rises hitting the cost of your weekly shop’ headlines becasue that will be better received than continuing the current ‘bring back the immigrant labour’ approach.
Someone care to work out the effect per £1 hr on the price of one can of beans on a trailer load? Probably about an average 12 hrs of driver pay including drive, load, drive, unload, return.