Food retailers have seen a “massive” increase in pensioner shoplifters over the last year, a security firm has said

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