28.09.2011

Laurels and Hardy

Robbie Rix looks forward to a bigger, even better Weekly Worker

Despite this week’s disappointing total of only £158, our September fighting fund has surpassed the £1,250 target with two days to go. As of September 28, we already have £1,301 in the kitty.

This success augurs well for our ability to reach that monthly target on a regular basis - thanks overwhelmingly to the excellent response to our appeal for extra standing orders over the summer. However, the fact we have only an extra £51 this month - despite the appeal bringing in pledges for over £300 a month - is slightly worrying. It’s as though those comrades who haven’t been making their donations by standing order think they don’t have to bother any more.

This is borne out by the fact that the entire £158 mentioned above comes from those SOs. That’s right - not one contribution by post or via PayPal, despite the fact that we had 12,013 online readers last week. (Mind you, for some reason that last figure is almost exactly a thousand down on the previous week - an aberration, I hope, rather than an indication of our readers deserting us.)

Of course, the last two days of September’s fund could see some last-minute gifts. I hope so - please get out your card and click on the ‘Make a donation’ button on our home page. We don’t want to rest on our laurels, after all. Rather we need to build on the hardy success of our appeal not only in covering our running costs, but in upping the quality, size and presentation of the Weekly Worker.