22.02.2018

Wipe-out

Last week I pointed out that we were a bit behind the going rate for February’s fighting fund. It was obviously “that time of the month” for standing orders, I said, as only £67-worth was received.

How right I was! By way of contrast, no less than £830 came in from SOs this week - boosted by three-figure regular donations from KB, SK and PM. Thanks also go to SP, RK, DG, TR, MM and TB for their standing orders ranging from £55 to £75.

In addition we also got a cheque for £25 from KC, while both LM and CF donated £10 via PayPal. All that comes to £875 and all of a sudden our running total for the month has shot up from £702 to £1,577. So, while last week I was doubting we were going to make that £1,750 target, this week I know we will! Just £173 still needed with exactly a week to go.

Mind you, a couple of weeks ago I reported that BK had sent in £86 to the Weekly Worker - the exact amount needed to make up for last month’s shortfall. So I think we should transfer that to January’s fund, where it really belongs, and deduct it from this month’s running total! In other words, let’s make sure we get another £259 by this time next week and really wipe out last month’s deficit.