A former police chief has said he did not report his wife’s stolen credit card, because the thief spent less than she did. With a deadpan delivery, Lord Mackenzie of Framwellgate left the chamber unsure whether he was joking or not as he recalled the incident in the House of Lords. The non-affiliated peer said: “ My wife, on one of her rare visits to London, had her credit card stolen.“ And I monitored the use of the card and I have to say I didn’t report it to the police, because the thief was

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