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shish_mish@lemmy.world to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 2 年前

No excuse for shoplifting because UK's benefits system is very generous, policing minister says

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No excuse for shoplifting because UK's benefits system is very generous, policing minister says

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shish_mish@lemmy.world to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 2 年前
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Chris Philp has told Sky News that gangs, criminal re-selling and drugs were largely to blame for the spike in thefts from shelves, which has been estimated to have cost businesses £1.76bn over 12 months.
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    Every minister that says benefits are generous should be put on them for a month.

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      A year. Without access to their bank accounts.

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        Even with a year, there’s a massive difference between ‘I just have to get through this then I can head to my holiday home in the Maldives and crack open a couple of bottles of Bollinger’ and ‘this is all there is, forever’. Knowing it will end makes it bearable.

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          Good point. Let’s just take everything off of them.

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            The French had a cracking solution

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              Totally agree. Have you ever seen Carnival Row? They had a one with at least 4 seats.

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