The best way to engender panic buying is a government minister telling us not to panic buy. They never learn, do they?

I remember way back in the 70s when we had a petrol shortage. The fuel gauge on our Morris Minor had completely packed up and (as we both used the car) we never had a clue how much juice there still was in the tank. On one occasion I was mortally embarrassed when I went to fill the tank and could fit just over half a gallon in there...