I have absolutely no issue with her fundraising her place. I also have no issue with her using her platform to fundraise her place.
But what is unacceptable, is that she hasn’t disclosed that up to now.
Had I bought a 75 Glow handbook for a donation to Macmillan I’d have thought my £4.99 (think it was about that) was going to the charity. £4.99 straight to them.
But assuming her place is a charity place rather than a ballot place, Macmillan will have paid for her to have her place. That’s why they set the fundraising amount so high, to cover their costs of the place. So really, my £4.99 is being split between covering her place the charity had to bid for, and the actual work of the charity. So my donation is less impactful. I’d want to know that to make an informed decision.