So the tories want us all to arrest shoplifters

Well the police ain't gonna bother innit, get a baseball bat and join in. 😀😃

if a lot of shoplifting is carried out by gangs and organised crime, then apprehending the individual committing the act would no doubt incur the intervention of their 'supporters' The last thing I would want is a knife in the guts. Even if one did arrest a thief, unless the courts backed this up with a wortwhile sentence, there would be no point in getting involved.