为了避免加油站出现恐慌，基尔·马瑟（Keir Mather）坚称英国的燃料供应“具有内在韧性”。
政府已采取行动防止加油站出现恐慌，坚称在唐纳德·特朗普威胁切断美国柴油供应后，英国并未面临柴油短缺。
In effort to avoid panic at pumps, Keir Mather insists supply of fuel to Britain is ‘inherently resilient’ The government has moved to avert panic at the pumps, insisting that the UK is not facing a diesel shortage after Donald Trump threatened to cut off US supplies of the fuel.
交通部长基尔·马瑟周五表示，英国拥有广泛的燃料来源，并正在与其他欧洲国家就潜在的紧急柴油储备释放进行谈判。
The transport minister Keir Mather said on Friday that the UK has a wide range of sources of the fuel and is in talks with other European countries over the potential release of emergency diesel stockpiles.