AN MP is calling for an end to Black Friday because of the “disorder” caused by bargain-seeking shoppers.
The US-style discount day has grown in popularity, with shoppers flocking to stores for sales across the country on the last Friday of November.
But Liberal Democrat Greg Mulholland, the MP for Leeds North West, said he sympathised with police chiefs who argued officers had enough to do without trying to cope with the frenzied scenes.
And he criticised large retailers who joined the sales bonanza, urging them “not to mark this event in 2015 or again”.
Mr Mulholland said: “The huge discounts led to scenes of disorder in some stores as many police had to attend to prevent or break up fights.”
Warning of the “safety risk”, he added: “Shoppers suffered injuries due to the level of public disorder caused by this event.”
The MP called for action by tabling an early day motion, which appears on the Commons order but is not debated.
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