- Fri Oct 13, 2023 1:48 pm
#55166
Having read various articles about this I gather that Captain Tom had written several books, the publisher of which paid him quite handsomely. The money in question was, according to the story told to the inquiry into the Foundation money, requested by Captain Tom to be kept separate from the Foundation money on the grounds that this is family money* and nothing to do with the charity. If this is true, and I can see no reason for it not to be, then it is a complete non-story. What angers me about this is, once again, the news media are missing the real story, which is: why did a centenarian feel the need to take up his Zimmer frame and go on a charity hobble to raise funds for something that the government is supposed to be funding through money raised in taxes?
*And would have been coming in before COVID struck anyway.
It might only be the Imperial Service Medal, but I've got a gong. What's Paul Dacre got?