13.09.2012

No fortune

Robbie Rix thanks our thoughtful readers for thinking of their paper

The highlight of this week’s fighting fund is the £50 donation from comrade EJ, made via PayPal. Knowing that he has previously contributed frequently to our fund, but usually rather smaller sums, I emailed him not just to thank him, but to ask whether he had come into some unexpected fortune.

Well, not quite. But the comrade now has a new job, which pays … just above the minimum wage. Well, that accounts for it! Joking aside, it really does say something about the nature of our supporters that, however meagre their income, they always think about the needs of their paper if a little bit of cash comes their way. Comrade, you set a fine example.

Other PayPal donations this week came from comrades TG (£10) and HJ (£15). They were among 11,567 online readers over the last seven days. Then there was a total of £75 in standing orders - thank you, GD, SM, DV, RP and ST. Finally two £10 add-ons to their subscription cheques came from comrades OL and DS, taking our week’s total to £180 and the September fighting fund to £477 so far.

But we are nearing the halfway point in the month and we need £1,500, so we are not even a third of the way there yet. In other words, a little bit of acceleration would not go amiss. How about those of you who just once in a while put a little cash our way? Would now be a good time?

By the way, following on from my comments last week about the shenanigans of Royal Mail, we do not seem to have had any problems since we switched to slightly thinner paper. Please let us know if your paper hasn’t been delivered.