Now its the festive season our lives are blighted by beggars asking for money in the name of charity. Only tonight did someone knock on my door to ask me for money for some good cause or other - We never actually got to that stage of the conversation before I released the dogs.
Now before you all start calling me a miserable old bas***d, just hear me out.
Before you hand over any of your hard earned money to a charity, ask the question "How much of this money goes to the good cause ?".
I read the Oxfam accounts for 2004 and £6,000,000 went on management and administration - YES £6,000,000 of money collected went to pen pushers - And I have no doubt that other charities are just as bad.
If you really want to donate cash to poor people in Africa, get on a plane, fly there and give them a cheque.
There - Rant over !!!!