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This column is an opinion from Dr. Cory Neudorf,an interim senior medical health officer with the Saskatchewan Health Authority. For more information aboutCBC's Opinion section, please see theFAQ.

Waves of COVID-19 keep coming with disturbing frequency, wearing down even those who have followed public health advice up to now. Despite warnings that the pandemic would likely last twoto threeyears with multiple surges requiring an ebb and flow of restrictions,many people feel we should be back to normal with the availability of vaccines, and are feeling something akin to buyer'sremorse at this stage.

More transmissible COVID-19 variants have poked holes in our layers of defence, finding ways to get around masks and vaccines in some cases and taking advantage of our need for increased social connection. Due to its billing as a less severe form of COVID-19, is it any wonder that the Omicron variant wave is tempting us to just "get it over with already" and resign ourselves to getting sick?

Unfortunately, science and sober second thought shows us that is likely not a good idea. Eventually, we hope to be able to live with COVID-19 in a more endemic state, with some combination of a less severe variant and sufficient population immunity but we aren't quite there yet.

Here are a few reasons why it may not be a great idea to "get it over with" and catch the Omicron variant of COVID-19:

Intentionally exposing yourself to any disease is like playing Russian roulette. You don't know if you or those more vulnerable around you will get complications. While it is more transmissible, the Omicron variant is still stopped by the measures that have worked for previous waves, we just need to be more vigilant.

In addition, we are fortunate to have vaccines that are effective and safe against all current COVID variants with a booster dose, protecting many against infection and protecting most from severe disease if they happen to get breakthrough illness.

There is no need for returning to the full lockdowns that were required prior to vaccines, as long as people adhere to public health measures during these resurgences and get booster doses as needed.

Eventually, these waves will recede. They will resolve faster if we continue to use common sense, and think beyond ourselves for the good of our community, especially as more of the global population is immunized. We have come too far to quit before we get to the finish line.

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Many have weak fundamentals to back share price rise and may not live to see the next bull run: Experts

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Stocks trading at a low price denomination have risen sharply, largely due to speculator interest or new investors trading actively during the pandemic. The S&P BSE Sensex has gained 135 per cent from the lows it hit on March 23, 2020. And 666 of the 833 stocks trading at Rs 20 or below in March 2020 have outperformed the index.

Even from a one-year perspective, 657 of these stocks have outperformed the Sensex in 2021. In fact, some of these stocks have seen gains between 50x and 80x in less than two years. Of the 508 stocks trading at Rs 10 or below (popularly known as ...

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On popular demand, heres a shortlist of books on China that can help you to understand the country. The list isnt exhaustive, and there are plenty of other great books about China out there.

The list also includes some books on Tibet.

Governing China: From Revolution to Reformby Ken Lieberthal

The Third Revolution; Xi Jingping and the New Chinese Stateby Elizabeth C. Economy

Chinas Futureby David Shambaugh

Politics in China: An Introductionby William Joseph

Internationalizing Chinaby David Zweig

Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of Chinaby Ezra Vogel

The Chinese Economyby Barry Naughton

The Political Logic of Economic Reform in China? by Susan Shirk

Factions and Finance in China: Elite Conflict and Inflationby Victor Shih

Also Read: Our pick of top 10 books in 2021

Chinas Good War: How World War II Is Shaping a New Nationalismby Rana Mitter

The Cambridge History of China (volumes)by John Fairbank

Great State: China and the Worldby Timothy Brook

Wealth and Power: Chinas Long March to the Twenty-first Centuryby Orville Schelle and John Delury

The Dragon in the Land of Snows: A History of Modern Tibet Since 1947by Tsering Shakya

Zhang, Y. and Buzan, B. (2012). The Tributary System as International Society in Theory and Practice.The Chinese Journal of International Politics, 5(1), pp.336.

Active Defense: Chinas Military Strategy Since 1949by Taylor Fravel

Strong Borders, Secure Nation: Cooperation and Conflict in Chinas TerritorialDisputes by Taylor Fravel

Junbo, Z. and Yunzhu, Y. (1996). Differences between traditional Chinese and Western military thinking and their philosophical roots.Journal of Contemporary China, 5(12), pp.209221.

Scobell, A. (2012). Learning to Rise Peacefully? China and the security dilemma.Journal of Contemporary China, 21(76), pp.713721.

Mastro, O.S. (2018). In the Shadow of the Thucydides Trap: International Relations Theory and the Prospects for Peace in U.S.-China Relations.Journal of Chinese Political Science, 24(1), pp.2545.

China Goes Global: The Partial Powerby David Shambaugh

Yan, X. (2014). From Keeping a Low Profile to Striving for Achievement.The Chinese Journal of International Politics, 7(2), pp.153184.

Chinas Civilian Army: The Making of Wolf Warrior Diplomacyby Peter Martin

Rising star: Chinas new security diplomacyby Bates Gill

Feng, H., He, K. and Xuetong, Y. (2020).CHINESE SCHOLARS AND FOREIGN POLICY: Debating International Relations.Oxford: Routledge.

Also read: The 10 best books we read this year

India Versus China: Why They are Not Friendsby Kanti Bajpai

Indias China Challengeby Ananth Krishnan

The Fractured Himalaya: India Tibet China 1949-1962by Nirupama Rao

India and Asian Geopolitics: The Past, Presentby Shivshankar Menon

Powershift: India-China Relations in a Multipolar Worldby Zorawar Daulet Singh

Fateful Triangle: How China Shaped USIndia Relationsby Tanvi Madan

On Chinaby Henry Kissinger

The Long Game: Chinas Grand Strategy to Displace American Orderby Rush Doshi

Two Kinds of Timeby Graham Peck

Mearsheimer, J. (2010). The Gathering Storm: Chinas Challenge to U.S. Power in Asia.The Chinese Journal of International Politics, 3(4), pp.381396.

Fardella, E. (2009). The Sino-American Normalization: A Reassessment. Diplomatic History, 33(4), pp.545578.

Red Roulette: An Insiders Story of Wealth, Power, Corruption and Vengeance in Todays Chinaby Desmond Shum

Land of Big Numbersby Te-Ping Chen

Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister: Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century Chinaby Jung Chang

The Scientist and the Spy: A True Story of China, the FBI, and Industrial Espionageby Mara Hvistendahl

Eat the Buddha: Life and Death in a Tibetan Townby Barbara Demick

Also Read: T20 to coronavirus to RSS 6 books you need to read in self-quarantine

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If you have a Netflix subscription, you may be missing out on some fun features without realizing.

Netflix has a series of games that you can access via the Android or iOS app.

Open your app and type games into the search tool.

You should notice a selection of games pop up.

Theres even a Stranger Things 3 game.

Click the game you want to play and click Get Game to install it.

This tip is great for watching your favorite Netflix shows at the exact same time as your friends or family even if theyre not in your household.

Netflix Partyis a handy Google Chrome extension that allows you to watch Netflix with anyone.

Once you have downloaded the extension, you can create a shareable link, which all your friends can click on for the same-time viewing experience.

Netflix Party even comes with a chat feature so you can easily discuss whats happening.

If youre struggling to find something to watch on Netflix, a random button may be the answer.

An online tool called Netflix Roulette picks out a show or movie so you dont have to.

It even lets you filter bygenre and IMDb rating to help hone your searches.

You can even add other streaming services like Amazon Prime Video to search through all your viewing options in one place.

You can find the Netflix Roulette wheelhere.

There are a selection of codes you can type into the Netflix search bar that will bring up hidden categories.

Anime fans will be pleased to know code 7424 does still bring up lots of anime content.

You may see different codes suggested online, but Netflix changes codes regularly, so some of them may no longer work.

If you type the code 47465 into your Netflix search bar, you will see some classic Westerns pop up.

The code 48744 should bring up classic war movies.

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The Government has been accused of playing "Russian roulette" with the safety of DVLA employees as the infectious Omicron variant of coronavirus rages around Swansea, after claims that it has limited the number of people who can work from home.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, the DVLA has had 1,700 staff who have tested positive for the virus, and has taken measures to ensure 2,500 of its 6,000 staff have been able to work from home.

But Swansea MP Geraint Davies and workers' trade union PCS feel that is not enough, and say they feel there should be more investment in home working to ensure the safety of more staff. There is currently 45 or fewer staff members who have the virus at present.

READ MORE:Coronavirus infection rates, cases and deaths for all parts of Wales

At the beginning of the first lockdown, the DVLA ran with 250 people on site, and the rest from home, Mr Davies said, adding that he felt a report on working from home produced by Deloitte had been "suppressed" by the Department for Transport and that level of home working precaution was therefore less than anywhere else in the civil service, such as the Department for Work and Pensions or the HMRC.

He said: "Obviously we all accept some work has got to be done at the office, but the issue is, the more people, the less social distancing, amidst a continuous eruption of Covid, even though they are claiming Omicron is not as serious to your health.

"Even though management agreed a system with the union PCS of more home working at the end of last year, after infection rates were again surging, the Government again has intervened and this is the second time the secretary of state for transport Grant Shapps has intervened to stop civil servants from the department introducing common sense precautions to keep people safe and to give them confidence and give them peace of mind to boost productivity.

"It is playing Russian roulette with the latest variant. We're now in the situation where the amount of people who have had coronavirus at the DVLA (over the course of the pandemic) is at 1,700.

"Thankfully, because of vaccination, we are not seeing death of the scale we saw before, but I think the attitude of the Government and in particular Grant Shapps, with the endorsement of Boris Johnson, who I've raised it with twice now, is placing fast and loose recklessly with people's safety.

"I guess they take the view that, oh it's alright, in all probability if they do get Omicron, they'll survive and go back to work, but the truth is, some people are more vulnerable than others and some people are in contact with family members who are more vulnerable than others.

"It's wrong from a management point of view, a business point of view, and from a human point of view, to be taking risks with the workforce."

National officer for PCS, Andrew Lloyd said it had been a "long running situation" with the DVLA, adding in the last month, there has been 291 new cases.

"We have been in a long running trade dispute about the way that the DVLA management has handled Covid in the workplace," he said.

"We think that they have never done enough to protect employees and more than that, they have mismanaged the situation. In comparison to the rest of the civil service, they have been the outlier in their approach on how to deal with Covid.

"The DWP and HMRC, the two bigger civil service departments, have had people working from home since the start of the pandemic and that has meant that they have been able to pay benefits and furlough payments for people working from home. The DVLA has never been prepared to do that.

"When there was an enforced lockdown at the start, they had most of their staff at home but doing no work, because they had not invested in technology. When they began opening things up they rushed people back into the offices and hence that's why it started a Covid crisis in the offices in Swansea, and that resulted in us taking industrial action to persuade them to do more. That resulted in a bit more, but never enough in our opinion."

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Mr Lloyd said that a recent measure brought in has seen staff getting a day off every week on top of their normal holidays, so that there are less people on site than normal.

"That's clearly better, but it does not go far enough in our opinion. It's an improvement but falls short on where they need to be," he said.

"There has got to be more investment to allow hybrid working. They have never been prepared to invest in that so they have been uniquely different to the rest of the civil service and they are still failing to keep pace with other private sector organisations. Our main concern of all is it puts our members at risk.

"It's the highest number of Covid cases at any one workplace in the UK. Our members go into work and the anxiety levels are just enormous. We have people ringing me and ringing our offices over their anxiety about being forced to go into work. People are still anxious because you just do not know how you are going to be hit with the illness.

"It's (coronavirus) going to be with us for a while yet. It just makes sense for people to be able to work from home. Part of the DVLA's reasoning is that they have sensitive data which can only be accessed from the site. But when you compare the sort of data that the DVLA and the HMRC hold, that's on a different level yet they are allowed to work from home.

"It's the lack of investment that has put the DVLA in this position."

The claims were put to The Department for Transport, which was contacted for comment, but it referred WalesOnline to the DVLA.

DVLA has spent over 5.7m to help keep staff safe on site, introducing safety measures including leasing two new building, fitting perspex screens, temperature check stations, increased and enhanced cleaning throughout the day, and regular on-site testing.

A spokeswoman for the DVLA said: "The number of positive cases at DVLA mirrors infection rates in the local community. There are currently fewer than 45 members of staff who would normally work on site that are self-isolating due to testing positive.

The safety of our staff is paramount and colleagues whose work does not require them to be on site will continue to work from home, as they have done throughout the pandemic.

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Casinos and gambling have been a part of film since the very beginning. From blackjack to roulette, it seems like no casino game is off-limits for Hollywood to make into a blockbuster movie. While some films tell fictional tales about casinos and gamblers, others are based on real-life events or people involved in the industry.

There are so many good Visa Casinos also known as Visa Kasinot films out there, but here are some of the best!

This reboot of the James Bond franchise is one of the best in the series. Not only does it have an all-star cast, but it also has some great casino scenes. The movie follows Bond as he takes on Le Chiffre at a high-stakes poker game in Montenegro. If youre a fan of 00seven, you wont want to miss this one.

This movie is based on the real-life story of Jim Bennett, a high roller and compulsive gambler. The film stars James Caan as Bennett and tells the tale of his struggles with addiction and how it affects his relationships with the people around him.

This all-star remake of the Rat Pack classic is a must-watch for any casino fan. The movie follows Danny Ocean and his team attempting to rob three Las Vegas casinos in one night. With an all-star cast that includes George Clooney, Brad Pitt, and Matt Damon, its no wonder this movie was a hit.

This documentary is one of the most interesting films on this list. It tells the story of Herbert Yardley, who was once Americas top code breaker. After leaving the army, Yardley decided to start a career as a professional blackjack player and write a book about the game. This movie is informative and entertaining, making it a great watch for any casino lover out there!

This Martin Scorsese classic is a must-watch for any casino fan. The movie tells the story of Sam Ace Rothstein, a mobster who is sent to Las Vegas to oversee the operations of a casino. It quickly becomes clear that Ace is in over his head, and things start to go downhill from there. While this movie is great, its not for the faint of heart!

This thriller follows Ben Campbell as he gets accepted into Harvard Medical School but cant afford to go due to financial troubles. To make some money, he starts going to a special class that teaches him how to count cards in blackjack. After meeting the charismatic Professor Mickey Rosa (played by Kevin Spacey), Ben becomes one of his best students and starts to make even more money than he ever dreamed possible.

While this movie is fictional, its still a great watch for any fan of casino films!

This movie follows three salesmen who are sent to a convention in Hawaii. While there, they meet up with two of their old friends and decide to go out drinking. Things quickly spiral out of control, and the four men find themselves in the middle of the Hawaiian casino war.

This movie is a great choice for anyone looking for a light-hearted comedy with lots of casino action.

This drama is based on the true story of Washington, DC, power player, and lobbyist Jack Abramoff. The movie follows his rise to fame and his eventual fall when hes convicted for tax evasion, bribery, and conspiracy. Kevin Spacey stars in this one alongside Jon Lovitz and Barry Pepper.

This movie is set in 1930s Chicago and follows two con artists who team up to take down a mob boss. The film was nominated for ten Academy Awards and won seven, including Best Picture.

This movie stars Matt Damon as a law student who moonlights as a poker player to make money. When his friend, Edward Norton, gets into trouble with the mob, Matt has to use all of his skills to get him out of it.

This movie tells the story of Raymond Babbitt, an autistic savant who can count cards and win at blackjack. When his father dies, Raymond is left with a large inheritance to spend in Las Vegas.

This comedy follows four friends traveling to Las Vegas for a bachelor party. After a night of drinking and gambling, they wake up the next morning with no memory of what happened the night before. This movie is sure to make you laugh!

These are just a few of the best casino movies out there! Whether youre a fan of gambling or not, these films are sure to entertain. So put on your smoking jacket, grab some popcorn, and get ready for some serious movie magic.

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From Blackjack To Roulette: The Best Casino Films All-Time - Film Threat

With the rapid rise in the growth of online casinos, many people have now developed a love and interest in playing casino games. Although most of them must have had experience playing in brick-and-mortar casinos, some may have little or no experience at all about how casino games work. As a result, they go through the rigorous activities of choosing an appropriate website, especially when they have to compare online casinos to find out which one has the best offer and then learn how to play the various games available. Figuring all of these out may be challenging, especially if you dont know which games are relatively easier to play.

Baccarat is a straightforward game to play despite having a complicated design. Unlike other casino games with various options, baccarat only has three significant options. The banker is the first and most commonly played option because it wins more often than others. However, the casino deducts a 5% commission fee when you stake on the banker hand.

The Player hand is the next best option, as it doesnt require any commission fee and has a better probability than the third option, The Tie. Despite being the option that pays the most when it wins, the tie is avoided mainly by players because it rarely occurs. That leaves you with only two primary options to choose from when playing baccarat, which explains why it is so easy to play, even for newbies.

reduces the winning probability to 97.3%, which is still not a bad idea at all.

It is essential to know that there are different types of roulette. American roulette is the least favourite one because it has two green zeroes, which indicates that the winning probability becomes lower and the house advantage becomes higher. European roulette and French roulette are essentially the same, as they both have one green zero.

The only difference between the two is that French roulette allows you to play pre-placed bets, and you can choose to include a unique rule that will enable you to reduce the house advantage.

You may also want to learn about how bonus rounds are triggered and the rules that apply during the bonus rounds. Doing this will put you thoroughly ahead of any unforeseen circumstances that may be detrimental to your winning chances. However, without knowing all these, you can still play slots and make a lot of profit.

The aim of the game is simply for both players to strive to get a score of exactly 21 or anything close enough. Most importantly, players must ensure that they do not surpass the 21 mark. Learning this rule and some other basic rules are all you need before you can start enjoying playing blackjacks. However, to increase your chances of winning, you will need to devise a good strategy.

Furthermore, you can opt for the autoplay option which implies that numbers will be selected randomly on your behalf. This process makes it easier for you to sit back and enjoy the game of Keno without stressing.

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Most countries have a soft spot for gambling. That is a well-established fact. Roulette sites for 2022 in Australia introduced some of the most intriguing aspects of the gambling industry, becoming a popular pastime for many people in the country.

Pokies dominated with their zappy and rewarding gameplay experience that made it a great bit of fun to be around them. Beyond Australia, people in other jurisdictions were also embracing gambling. In 2006, the United Kingdom introduced its Gambling Act which allowed many great UK roulette sites to shop in the country.

Today the digital entertainment known as iGaming is omnipresent, well-regulated, and has the consumers best interest in mind. For these reasons and more, its understandable that gambling has become a favorite pastime for many people around the globe, in Australia, the United Kingdom, and most recently, the United States.

Gambling is a fun and often a relaxing way to spend time, it seems. While you have to pay money to participate in it, there are numerous reasons why people enjoy the thrill of the chase. While most realize that hitting the jackpot is somewhat far-fetched, and the overall returns will probably be somewhere around 97% of the amount you bet, the chance of hitting a sudden win is exhilarating.

Gambling is also accessible in the sense that you can bet as little as 0.10 units on a spin. While the numbers can stack up high, you can still moderate your total spend and enjoy the games in free mode. All developers these days create story-rich titles that are intriguing in their own right. You can just as easily hop in a game and never spend a dime and still chase big wins.

Besides, numerous bonuses will allow you to enjoy yourself a great deal, from free spins for your favorite online slots to great overall bonuses to boost your gameplay.

Another reason why people enjoy gambling is that many of the titles out there are over 200 or even 300 hundred years old. That is right. Games such as roulette date back to the 18th century, if not earlier, and they are still an amazing part of the landscape, making for a great bit of fun.

Actually, the roulette game is probably at a historical high, and why most people would still play slots, this doesnt mean that they dont appreciate the game of roulette. Just the opposite is true.

Roulette is a lot of fun, and it has very cool gameplay where you can even theorize how a spin would turn out. Actually, you are not trying to guess the correct outcome but minimize the house edge that the 0 or the 00 gives the house. This is achievable through clever strategies such as Martingale and Fibonacci.

Now, these two stratagems are great for games such as roulette, where you have a near-50% chance to hit a winning outcome. Whether you do is another matter altogether, but there is no reason for you to be skeptical or worry too much about not.

The strategies have it in themselves to make the gameplay somewhat balanced and fun. Roulette is a game that takes a lot of luck, so dont beat yourself if you lose some part of your budget.

However, if you stick to a good strategy, you may just get what you need to carry on and have a lot of fun. Do people love to gamble? They sure do, and they gamble not just because they want to win. They enjoy the thrill of the chase, and they often cite it as the main reason they come back to slots and roulette hoping to hit that big win.

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The casino and sportsbook B2B platform supplier Soft2Bet has been approved by the Danish gambling regulator and will receive a license, enabling it to supply operators in the local market.

The supplier license will permit Soft2Bet to power betting companies in Denmark with its rich suite of various slots games, poker, blackjack, bingo and roulette, among others. Furthermore, Soft2Bet will be allowed to provide local operators with its proprietary sports betting platform.

Soft2Bet spokespeople explained that entering the Danish market is the first step of many toward the providers goals of expanding across the world. The company envisions scaling its business up and launching its offerings in various key regulated markets.

The current move reinforces Soft2Bets presence in Northern Europe. The supplier already has a pre-existing license to offer its products in Sweden. Soft2Bet secured this license in 2019 and will likely continue to establish a strong foothold in the region.

Peter Christian Noer, the head of country team for Soft2Bet, spoke extensively about the Denmark launch and the companys vision for the future.

For Noer, the license acquisition is a monumental moment for the supplier. He pointed that this is a key point in Soft2Bets history since the Danish regulator is known as one of the strictest ones out there. In Noers words, the approval attests to the huge amounts of effort put in by the team and the companys devotion to meeting all the deadlines and requirements. Noer is thankful for everyones hard work and is delighted to have achieved this key milestone.

Since Soft2Bets offerings are already faring good in Sweden and have been doing well for the past two years, Noer is convinced that the company will be able to replicate the same success in the Danish market.

Speaking about what the company has planned next, Noer explained:

We now look forward to launching our innovative iGaming brands on the Danish market that have proven successful in other jurisdictions because of their state-of-the-art features, unique game supply, and strong player protection tools.

Noer concluded by once again thanking his team for its uncompromising dedication in achieving this great milestone. He said that everyone should be proud of what theyve achieved together. Noer also used the opportunity to thank the Danish regulator for its patience, positivity and willingness to help Soft2Bet out in its quest to get a suppliers license.

In mid-2021 Soft2Bet managed to acquire two Maltese gaming licenses for two of its subsidiary brands YoyoCasino and Campobet.

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The government is failing to monitor how many foreign lorries are entering and leaving the UK under revised cabotage rules introduced in October last year, Unite has discovered.

Unite general secretary Sharon Graham

The union warned this week that failure to monitor foreign lorries under the revised rules, which were introduced to help tackle the UKs HGV driver shortage crisis, risks road users safety.

The government changed the cabotage rules at the end of October, allowing foreign HGV drivers to work unlimited hours in the UK and make unlimited deliveries in any 14-day period. During that time the drivers can sleep in their cabs and are then required to leave the UK.

However, a Freedom of Information (FOI) request by Unite has revealed that there is no monitoring by DfT of how many foreign companies and lorries have taken advantage of the policy, which countries they have come from and how many lorries have remained in the UK beyond the 14-day period.

The DfT told Unite that it does not monitor the results of the relaxed rules. It said: The specific information you requested is not held. There is no mechanism or register available from which cabotage data could be derived as it will be commercial data held by operators based outside the UK.

The FOI response from DfT also revealed that the only information it has on cabotage rates are still compiled by Eurostat, the European Unions statistical office, despite the UK having left the EU nearly two years ago, and that the most up to date figures were only recorded to 2019.

The only way the drivers can be monitored is through DVSAs random roadside spot checks. However, the number of on-the-spot inspections has declined by 39% since 2016/17.

Using government statistics Unite recently calculated that the average UK lorry can travel the equivalent of three-and-a-half times around the world before it is likely to be inspected in this way.

Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: This is sheer incompetence by the government, which is playing Russian roulette with British road users.

It introduced this knee-jerk reaction to the lorry driver crisis last year, now they tell us they dont know how many foreign lorry drivers have come, how many hours they work when they are here, and if they go home after the 14-day working period. Its literally an accident waiting to happen, based on the illegal super-exploitation of these drivers.

Unite is dedicated to protecting the jobs, pay and conditions of its members. If it receives any evidence that a failure to abide by the UKs employment laws, road safety rules or driving regulations is impacting on the jobs and conditions of our lorry deriver members, then we will take action to stop that.

Unite national officer for road haulage Adrian Jones added: Not only is the government clueless about how many foreign lorries are currently on UK roads, but the only on-the-spot inspections to ensure these vehicles are roadworthy and driving regulations are being observed are as rare as hens teeth.

Rather than allowing foreign lorries unlimited access to the UK to tackle driver shortages, the government should be tackling the root causes of the driver crisis, low pay, long hours and the lack of decent parking and welfare facilities for drivers.

A DfT spokesman said: The temporary, additional cabotage rules are one of 32 measures taken which are working to alleviate the effects of the global lorry driver shortage in the UK.

The department is monitoring the overall uptake of the additional cabotage rules and early indications are that they have been successful in assisting the resilience of supply chains, including providing key connections to ports.

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