> This is conspiracy thinking. Parliament and HMG specifically allow car thieves to impoverish every car owner because ... why?

Because they have no interest in preventing this? It's not that they want this to happen (which would be a conspiracy), it's just that they don't care. The surveillance is built to protect the state, not the citizens.

A guy who worked his whole life to become Prime Minister has no issues with becoming unemployed. I’m skeptical.