Benedict Cumberbatch

[doublebogey7]

Have to say I totally agree. If it was advertised as a "fund raising night" and you went along knowing that then fine but to go and then be asked for donations doesn't sit right whether you've paid £1500 or not

Have you never been to the theatre or sporting event where a bucket is thrust in your face. Fund raising goes in everywhere with peer pressure often employed, you still have a choice though.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Have you never been to the theatre or sporting event where a bucket is thrust in your face. Fund raising goes in everywhere with peer pressure often employed, you still have a choice though.

To be honest no. Never at a theatre production or a gig

 

[Slab]

Same principle as the collection bucket at work/in the street/supermarket etc for children in need/poppys (or whatever it happens to be that week)

Or the ever present work collection for someone you barley know who’s getting married/having a birthday/had a baby etc etc etc

Or the ‘for as little as £2/£4 a month’ tv adverts that interrupt TV entertainment

Folk will try to fund-raise wherever there's an 'audience'

As for the politicising, I guess he thinks it’ll increase donations if he has a pop at someone who can’t really ‘fight back’ but wealthy people have always had a broader freedom of speech than the rest of society (but with plenty hangers on willing to support them or massage their egos they’re not always the best informed)