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Or 9 years ago when the Tory energy minister told everyone to stock up on petrol in case there was a strike.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/mar/30/francis-maude-petrol-panic-strike
Things got pretty fruity twenty years ago when the petrol tanker drivers went on strike. Massive queues, pushing in, fist fights at the pumps.