If JustGiving had an ounce of decency it would hand over all donations to PC Keith Palmer’s grieving family
Rather than cream a profit on Brits generosity the company should waiver their cut and be rightfully praised
IT’S obvious from the outpouring of grief over PC Keith Palmer’s murder that he should be given a posthumous honour.
MPs have also lined up to support the idea of a plaque commemorating him in the Commons chamber.
Nothing would be more fitting. But not everyone seems to get the message.
The fund for his family hosted on donation site JustGiving has topped £700,000.
Until this weekend, most of us didn’t realise that JustGiving creams off 5p from every pound pledged.
If they had said they would waive their cut, they would have been praised.
Instead, they whine they’ve donated £10,000 to the fund — so they should be able to keep the £25,000 they’ve made so far off the back of a policeman’s death.
They look like sleazy rip-off merchants.
If they have any decency, they’ll change their minds and hand over all the money to PC Palmer’s family.
Enough is enough
Another day, another tech company treating the rest of us with contempt.
Last week, the bosses of website Viagogo refused to appear before MPs probing huge profits made by marketing tickets at inflated prices.
Today we reveal Viagogo paid just £26,000 corporation tax in 2015, despite a turnover of £4.7million from their London offshoot.
It’s no good simply hoping they’ll change. The Government has to act.
BBC's yak yak yak
DETAILED analysis of BBC Today’s business slot is damning.
Its “agenda setting” bulletin has been consistently biased against Brexit.
Of 366 interviewees in the six months after the referendum, 192 were negative about the impact of the vote. Just 60 were positive. So much for impartiality.
The BBC should consider telling its audience about the waste of our money by the European Development Fund — money EU bosses demand we carry on handing over after we leave.
Or maybe they think it’s vital we spend £100,000 on Tibetan yak herders, £275,000 on renewable energy in the Caribbean – and pay to reduce smoking in the Chinese province of Yunnan.