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PETER HITCHENS: Now we know why the police are too busy to bother with all those shoplifters and thugs

PETER HITCHENS: Now we know why the police are too busy to bother with all those shoplifters and thugs

This week it is legal to shoplift and evade travel fares. It can't be long before GBH joins the list. The police, we're told, have more important things to do. Now we know what these are.

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