"Philp attended the selective St Olave’s Grammar School in Orpington, Kent, and then studied physics at University College, Oxford. In 1996 he was editor of the Oxford University student newspaper, Cherwell.
Philp worked for McKinsey & Company before co-founding distribution business Blueheath Holdings, in 2000. It was floated on the AIM before merging with Booker Cash & Carry as part of the Booker Group in a £375 million deal.
With fellow future Conservative Party MP Sam Gyimah, he founded Clearstone Training and Recruitment Limited, an HGV training provider, which went into liquidation owing nearly £4 million to its customers, many of which were long term unemployed. Philp also founded property development lender Pluto Finance and Moreof Silverstone, which are registered in Jersey. He founded the charity The Next Big Thing, which was dissolved due to insolvency" - Wikipedia
Real man of the people right there. An authority on how to get by with little income.
Knowing nothing about UK or criminality, this sound like fear-mongering. Is it or am I naive to believe it isn’t realistically possible to earn a livable wage on re-selling stolen food if it isnt in bulk?
There’s been a shortage of baby milk powder lately and people can get quite a bit if they steal it, like £20 a can plus, especially for the specialist ones like lactose free. I know there’s people living on just grabbing it when it comes into the shops and selling it on once it’s sold out. I’m sure shoplifting it is even more profitable.
I’d bet that people who are stealing food probably aren’t stealing it to resell.
Some are, especially those with substance abuse issues.
