Food retailers have seen a “massive” increase in pensioner shoplifters over the last year, a security firm has said.
John Nussbaum, director of service for retail at Kingdom Security, said his staff were seeing a “different sort of shoplifter now” as the cost of living “pushes people to something they’ve never done before”.
While I am sympathetic to anyone who has to shoplift to eat, I’d suggest a little skepticism after noting two things:
One the time period (almost exactly lines up with the period that Labour has been in power) and,
Two the source - the Telegraph is nicknamed the Torygraph for a reason…they are the mouth piece for the conservative party and make no bones about it.
I’m no fan of the Blue Tories - Sir Keir would comfortably fit into the Conservative party of a decade ago (before their heads exploded) - I’m quite disappointed in their performance. But I’d counsel a little caution on taking what smells strongly of a propaganda piece at face value
Edit Red Tories doh. The American reversed colours has seeped into my psyche lol
Not to mention the telegraph claimed source. A private security company. Conveniently claiming they have no documentation because their customers (the supermarkets) do not want negative publicity.
Well spotted, yes indeed