Hazy promises and optimism are not nearly enough – transition from Opposition, but governing is even harder
‘With public trust in politicians at a record low level, it is negligent to make incoherent or trite promises’
Instead, Cooper says, that means there’s little effective deterrent, and that section 176 is now “encouraging repeat offending and organised gangs of shoplifters”.certainly seems to suggest Cooper is right: the British Retail Consortium reports that shoplifting more than doubled between 2022 and 2023, rising to 16.7 million incidents. This cost retailers £1.8bn.
Even if neither of these things was the case, Labour’s approach is underpinned by the old-fashioned assumption that more resources will resolve any problem.Are we supposed to believe that Labour spending is miraculously efficacious in ways that Conservative largesse is not?
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