We were giving the pristine guard that always winks from the MM office a lift to the shops as he'd forgotten the key for his bike chain (think his name might be Wilson). Explaining the need for a bike chain, he expressed the view that he didn't know what the world was coming to, there were many young men stealing things in Malawi now because it was getting wealthier & there was more to steal. He also explained that sometimes there is a problem with the armed gangs who were something to do with the private army under the 'president for life' in the 90s.
It's sad to think that might be true, though many international surveys still have the crime rate as very relatively low in Malawi. But he asked me if it was true that there were no thieves in England! ?!?! I couldn't find out where he had heard that but replied that, no, there were thieves in England, there were thieves all over the world.
He wanted to know whether the thieves were “Englishmen or black men”....naturally I said they were all Welsh ;-)
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