New to this thread but glad to see it. I never donated to Cap’n Tom despite being pestered to do so by my other half (a Luddite btw!)
Couple of reasons really.
First, I never believed in donating, via this type of proxy, to the NHS. I prefer giving to my hospital’s League of Friends.
More than that, I’d rather the government allocated fair and sustainable funding. I always got the impression the Treasury and NHS bean counters were quietly relieved that money was being pumped into the NHS in this way, willingly, by a nation that was, essentially, shitting itself about COVID and looking for the comfort of hope.
This man and his story fitted that narrative perfectly and Hannah knew it immediately.
Secondly - and as we now seeing - the lack of transparency concerned me. Where, exactly, was the money going? Inevitably there had to be costs associated but I didn’t feel comfortable with how it was playing out.
The involvement of the usual media sycophants put me off too.
And, the family may not realise it, but that ridiculous ‘holiday’ to Barbados left a sour taste in many throats. So many people I know, of all ages, wondered what the fuck they were doing and felt it was entirely inappropriate.
I am pleased that my gut was right on this
her motives were so obvious right from the start. Do you think she thought nobody would ever call her out on any of this?
give it a rest Hannah. They will never get ahead of the bad press that’s surrounded all this, just please disappear back into obscurity.
