15.02.2018

Welcome back

Robbie Rix wants to move up a gear or two

Right at the top of my list of acknowledgements this week is the one for comrade WH, who wrote us a brilliant cheque for £100. He writes: “I’ve been meaning to do this for some time, but the return to the Weekly Worker of Eddie Ford finally jolted me into action.” Well, at least someone missed you, Eddie!

WH writes of that “small band of regular writers”, including comrade Ford, who “produce something to look forward to every week”, and he is particularly pleased with our coverage of the Labour Party.

Apart from him, there were two other cheque donations this week, each for £20 - both RD and PS added that amount to the cost of their subscription. But it’s obviously that time of the month when it comes to standing orders. There were only four - from NH (£30), DV (£20), LM (£12) and RP (£5).

PayPal donations were a bit better than usual - four of them in one week! Thank you, KN (£25), RC (£20), ST (£10) and DB (£7).

Despite that, it was a bit of a disappointing week - especially when you consider this is the shortest month of the year. A below-average £269 came our way, taking our fighting fund running total to £702. Which means that we are way behind where we need to be if we’re to reach our £1,750 target. Still over a grand to go and only two weeks to get it!

So now we need to move up a gear or two. Please do what you can to help.