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Ashy · July 14, 2023, 12:24:15 PM

Such a shame, people made donations thinking it was going to heroes only to have it taken by charlatans. It's probably more common than we realise, in the charity sector.

Scrumpy · July 15, 2023, 08:35:25 AM

A woman pretended she was dying with cancer and people gave donations for her to have a last wish..
There are so many scams going on..
Captain Tom was a gentle soul.. His greedy daughter has no shame..
I never give to 'Go Fund Me' or anything that I am not sure of..
My local hospice.. dogs/cats home.. I give..
Big charities I avoid.. too many at the top table enjoying the best food..

JBR · July 15, 2023, 11:04:52 AM

Quote from: Scrumpy on July 15, 2023, 08:35:25 AMA woman pretended she was dying with cancer and people gave donations for her to have a last wish..
There are so many scams going on..
Captain Tom was a gentle soul.. His greedy daughter has no shame..
I never give to 'Go Fund Me' or anything that I am not sure of..
My local hospice.. dogs/cats home.. I give..
Big charities I avoid.. too many at the top table enjoying the best food..

The only charity I give to is the cat rescue place from where we got our two cats.

Of course, I am a tight-fisted Yorkshireman, and we don't throw our money about.

Ashy · July 15, 2023, 11:25:10 AM

The prime minister's a Yorkshireman and he throws our money about.

klondike · July 15, 2023, 12:04:37 PM

Raven · July 15, 2023, 12:10:03 PM

But he's not throwing his money, so he's having a good time.

Ashy · July 15, 2023, 01:46:26 PM

dextrous63 · July 15, 2023, 02:13:45 PM

Now his missus pays tax into the UK coffers, you'd have thought he might want to take a bit more care about it.

Ashy · July 15, 2023, 03:11:27 PM

I don't think he's very prudent with money. A poorer man, or even someone who runs a business, might have been a better choice.

That also highlights a problem with banning "second jobs" to MPs.

Cassandra · July 15, 2023, 05:04:43 PM

Quote from: Ashy on July 15, 2023, 11:25:10 AMThe prime minister's a Yorkshireman and he throws our money about.

No Ashy, his constituency is, Southampton was his 'place' of birth, to Indian Parents. Our sad President refers to him as 'Rashi Sanook' - I have an alternative, but it's nowhere near as polite.

Michael Rolls · July 15, 2023, 05:56:15 PM

nor me!

Cassandra · July 15, 2023, 06:36:38 PM

He walked so she could swim!

dextrous63 · July 15, 2023, 07:10:27 PM

That's almost biblical.

JBR · July 15, 2023, 09:55:44 PM

Quote from: Cassandra on July 15, 2023, 05:04:43 PMNo Ashy, his constituency is, Southampton was his 'place' of birth, to Indian Parents. Our sad President refers to him as 'Rashi Sanook' - I have an alternative, but it's nowhere near as polite.

Well, he looks a bit like a Yorkshireman...
well, from certain Yorkshire inner cities!

(Having said that, I have mentioned elsewhere that my optician, dentist and diabetes nurse, all of whom are excellent people, hail originally (or their predecessors do) from the same part of the world.)

Diasi · July 15, 2023, 10:17:15 PM

Quote from: Cassandra on July 15, 2023, 05:04:43 PMNo Ashy, his constituency is, Southampton was his 'place' of birth, to Indian Parents. Our sad President refers to him as 'Rashi Sanook' - I have an alternative, but it's nowhere near as polite.

I think I'm right in saying that it isn't too far back that one had to be born in Yorkshire to be able to play cricket for the county.