Oil giants in the UK, BP and Esso temporarily shut several of their petrol stations due to the lorry drivers shortage, unravelling a country-wide fuel crisis. Petrol Retailers Association (PRA), announced on 26th September that nearly 5,500 petrol bunks constituting about 50 to 90 percent of the total outlets have reported running out of diesel and petrol. Pumps with no fuel triggered mass panic buying in the UK, prompting the government to resort to emergency protocols. UK Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng on 26th September suspended the Competition Act 1998 to exempt competition in the fuel industry which will allow suppliers to target filling the empty stations. Read more here: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/fuel-crisis-uk-petrol-shortage-live-b1927473.html. Sri Lankan context: Posts about the fuel shortage in the UK are being circulated on social media, as an attempt at justifying the shortage of consumer goods and the price hikes in Sri Lanka. The CNBC headline "Empty shelves, gasoline shortages and sky-high energy prices? Britain is facing a difficult winter" was a recurring one in many such posts.