Soldiers stand by to drive petrol tankers as part of contingency plans to stop a strike plunging Britain into chaos
*Will Labour back a crippling strike by union Unite, its biggest donor?
*Emergency plans aimed at preventing a repeat of the turmoil caused by protesting lorry drivers
when Tony Blair was Prime Minister in 2000
*Results of a strike ballot of 2,000 tanker drivers will be announced tomorrow
By Simon Walters and Glen Owen
DailyMailUK
24 March 2012
Emergency plans for soldiers to drive petrol tankers to stop a threatened strike plunging Britain into chaos have been drawn up by the Government.
The contingency plans are aimed at preventing a repeat of the turmoil caused by protesting lorry drivers when Tony Blair was Prime Minister.
The results of a strike ballot of Britain’s 2,000 tanker drivers will be announced tomorrow – and both Ministers and well-placed sources in the drivers’ union Unite believe they will vote in favour of a walkout starting on April 3.
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