Um actually I think you'll find it's 127 drivers!
Today the Times is reporting that “only 27 fuel tanker drivers from the EU have applied to work in Britain under the government’s emergency scheme to tackle the petrol crisis”.
In his BBC Breakfast interview Boris Johnson said the number was actually 127. He says the government asked the road haulage industry to provide the names of foreign drivers who would want to come to the UK, and that only 127 names have been produced so far.
He said this proved what the government has been saying about the HGV driver shortage in the UK being part of a global problem. “It’s a fascinating illustration of the problem of the shortage,” he said.
It means only a fraction of the 300 visas available for HGV drivers in the fuel industry are set to be taken up in a setback to efforts to replenish supplies.
Such a low uptake proving it's a global shortage.