Leftie activists stage huge shoplifting spree across UK cities | UK | News
The group’s website claims that “Britain is collapsing because the super-rich have pocketed billions of dollars” and says the organization is made up of “ordinary people from all walks of life who believe we need to tax the rich to fix Britain”.
However, it is stated that TBP members stole food from supermarkets in four provinces on Saturday morning and donated it to food banks. Activists claim they are “liberating” products from branches of Sainsbury’s, Morrisons and Tesco.
Telegram According to the activists’ spokesperson, police have not yet made any arrests in connection with the protest.
The supermarkets were apparently targeting affluent areas such as Exeter in Devon and Truro in Cornwall, as well as the popular Manchester suburb of Didsbury and London’s affluent Lewisham area.
Footage shows protesters taking cans of tomatoes, pasta sauce, rice, baked beans, tea bags and baby diapers from supermarket shelves. It was reported that none of the products were paid for and were later distributed to food banks or citizens.
A 74-year-old woman said she stole items from Morrisons on Prince Charles Road in Exeter because of the “horrible situation in this country”.
A spokesman for the group said: “Until the government makes a meaningful statement in response to our demand, we will take non-violent action to resist the super-rich who are driving us towards social collapse.”
TBP announced plans for more disruptions this spring at its official launch on January 17, 2026. The meeting took place at Limehouse Town Hall in East London, with a crowd of around 200 people in attendance.
TBP co-founder and leading former JSO activist Arthur Clifton said the group’s first step would involve a series of “rollbacks”, The Telegraph reported.
He reportedly said: “We’ve seen food locked in on the back of skyrocketing prices. Fewer and fewer people can afford less and less food.” Mr Clifton said the aim was to take food to the local community for redistribution.”
