Police into the firing line again, this time the tories and those that pander to them want every shoplifting occurrence investigated and prosecuted where possible.
There's a backlog in courts, no spaces in jails, a crumbling number of police, for instance - rape statistics are terrifying, we are beyond the tipping point and these chancers are talking up shoplifting.
It's not often I'm on the side of the cops, but this conveyor belt of criticism, impossible workload, and continually altering priorities must be disheartening to the point of moral crushing.
Third world britain.