Why are actual numbers in the absolute last part of the article? And when you reach it, it doesn’t make any sense!!??
Retail businesses have also complained of rising thefts. Police-recorded shoplifting rose 20% year on year to reach 516,971 offences in the year to December 2024. By March 2025, the annual total exceeded 530,000.
Like WTF, is that supposed to be readable and make sense?
I think although it reads like old numbers that increased in 2024, what they mean is that YOY from 2024 to 2025 it rose 20% to 516.971, The following by march reacing 530000 anually, is way harder to make sense of. is that YOY from march to march, or extrapolated to an entire year?
Goddammit why are simple numbers so hard to communicate concisely for some journalists?
But looking past all that, the question is why these numbers are suddenly increasing so much? We know the British economy is about 8% lower than it should have been without Brexit. But the majority asked for it, now they have to live with it.
You can’t hit yourself in the head with a hammer, and then be surprised why your head hurts afterwards, and then blame it on the hammer.
Why are actual numbers in the absolute last part of the article? And when you reach it, it doesn’t make any sense!!??
Like WTF, is that supposed to be readable and make sense?
I think although it reads like old numbers that increased in 2024, what they mean is that YOY from 2024 to 2025 it rose 20% to 516.971, The following by march reacing 530000 anually, is way harder to make sense of. is that YOY from march to march, or extrapolated to an entire year?
Goddammit why are simple numbers so hard to communicate concisely for some journalists?
But looking past all that, the question is why these numbers are suddenly increasing so much? We know the British economy is about 8% lower than it should have been without Brexit. But the majority asked for it, now they have to live with it.
You can’t hit yourself in the head with a hammer, and then be surprised why your head hurts afterwards, and then blame it on the hammer.