In a frankly bizarre piece of reporting, The Sun highlights the relaxed attitude to security by the residents of Kirkwall. People are losing their minds over how stupid this was.
On the 16th April 2023 The Sun published an article highlighting how people in Kirkwall leave their houses, flats and cars unlocked. They did this under the strapline “THE UK’s most welcoming town is so safe locals leave their keys inside their cars and the front door to their homes unlocked.”.
Their readers cannot believe how irresponsible The Sun have been. On Facebook they asked “Would you live here?”.
Almost unanimously their readership responded negatively.
“Now every theif[sic]/burglar knows… well done!”
“That’s it tell everyone my god is nothing sacred;”
“Guess where all the thieves are heading!!!!”
‘you do know burglars read the papers right”
“All the world knows about this now. Well done”
“ffs! Please change my dole office! English reporting baby, best in the world !” This one might have some autocorrect issues..
This article was in the travel section so presumably someone was trying to find a new angle to write about the holiday section. Possibly it’s syndicated in The Daily Lag.