Lammy Strikes Again...

[Svejk]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2976526/Give-shoplifters-softer-sentences-steal-stores-Labour-MP-David-Lammy-says-luxury-shops-Fortnam-Mason-absorb-losses.html

[Svejk]

Or maybe some of us agree?

[mushroom25]

maybe the authorities should take this matter to its natural conclusion and decriminalize shoplifting, and leave retailers to pursue their losses through the civil courts........

[DTCwordfan]

what a prat - theft is theft and should be pursued - we end up paying for the losses through higher pricing or rates of interest. Typical ill-thought through policy from a so-called Labour grandee, worthy of a UKIP member actually. Perhaps there's a future for him therefore.

[Cloverjo]

How ridiculous. A crime is a crime. You can't sentence the perp according to the effect it has. Should a murderer receive a shorter sentence if there are fewer people who care about the victim?

[Svejk]

UKIP's fault, lol.

[andy-hughes]

Mr Lammy is correct in what he says, but that does not make him right.

Perhaps he would like to take his stance a step further, and be available as a mugging victim, to avoid a poorer person going through the trauma. As an MP earning £67,000 a year plus expenses, having a couple of hundred lifted from his person is an expense he can bear more than the pensioner down the road.

So I am sure he will be making sure he is available - perhaps on his way out of Fortnum and Masons, where most of his constituents can probably not afford to do their weekly shop.

[DTCwordfan]

well, you get mugged anyway in Fortnums as they empty your wallet with their prices!