04.11.2010

Understatement

Don't wait to hear whether the news is good, urges Robbie Rix

Thankfully those extra few days of our October fighting fund following last week’s paper saw us over the line to reach our £1,250 target, thanks to a couple of gifts from PM (£30) and JC (£15). So we finished last month with £1,291.

November’s fund has started off encouragingly, with £189 received in less than three days. However, mostly that is accounted for by the usual flurry of standing orders coming through at the beginning of the month. Our thanks in particular to SM (£40), BP (£20), SD (£20) and JL (£16). Plus we received a useful £30 from SWP member CJ and a further £3 from JM. Those last two gifts came via our website. But they were the only two out of 10,795 online readers to donate last week.

But I am optimistic that all this represents a bit of a understatement of our actual total. That’s because the November 3 tube strike prevented us collecting mail from our box number - and we suspect that might well have contained one or two cheques. Next week all will be revealed!

But please don’t wait to hear whether the news is good. Let us have that donation you’ve been meaning to send us for so long. Better still, why not take out a standing order?