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[News] Bloke gives two final tickets away
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AmexRuislip
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Jimmy Grimble
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Who were the lucky recipients?
pastafarian
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stunning and brave
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tinky ****in winky
lost.
Taybha
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Heard the guy on radio yesterday and basically was offered 10k for his 2 tickets but decided , as he couldn't go today , to give them away to the most in his opinion deserved case via email !
Obviously bombarded he chose the recipient , he was chatting away and was asked had he spoken to the recipient, he said no just her mum .
Then long lost family stylee Laura , the recipient was also on the line .
I thought it was genuine kindness coupled with genuine thanks , top bloke .
Obviously bombarded he chose the recipient , he was chatting away and was asked had he spoken to the recipient, he said no just her mum .
Then long lost family stylee Laura , the recipient was also on the line .
I thought it was genuine kindness coupled with genuine thanks , top bloke .
Saw that developing on Twitter yesterday I think…….
In other news re tickets being given away, last week Keir Starmer called the Government ‘reckless’ for going ahead with a big crowd…….today he’s also managed to blag a couple of free tickets.
In other news re tickets being given away, last week Keir Starmer called the Government ‘reckless’ for going ahead with a big crowd…….today he’s also managed to blag a couple of free tickets.
Very generous. Would have been better if he’d contacted a charity privately and given them away without the publicity.
Icy Gull
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Saw that developing on Twitter yesterday I think…….
In other news re tickets being given away, last week Keir Starmer called the Government ‘reckless’ for going ahead with a big crowd…….today he’s also managed to blag a couple of free tickets.
Matters not which party, they are nearly all self serving egotistical hypocritical people imo.
FatSuperman
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Also would have been better if he’d just give a set amount away privately every month. Etc etc
Come on, let him get a bit of joy out of it.
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Better to fish in the biggest pond available. The final is not weeks away. The recipients were perfect.
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A mother and daughter. They are both England mad. The daughter was given 18 months to live - 2.5 years ago. Since then she has been insiprationally positive and engaged and is a paradigm for anyone battling terminal cancer. As I said above, if the bloke had tried to find 'worthy' recipients discretely he'd still be looking.
Icy Gull
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Well done him….but wouldn’t it have been better to take the 10k and give it to charity?
No.
Laura’s story and personality has been highlighted by this incredible gesture and will inspire hundreds or thousands of people who are poorly at the moment. That would normally cost a lot more than £10k.
FatSuperman
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Not sure about that, I’m increasingly thinking that direct charity, as close to the recipients as possible. £10k to a big charity is probably about £1k of value ending up with the people that need it. (All numbers made up)
Icy Gull
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Fair enough, I’ve only seen the headline not the background story to it
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