Charities

England has many charities and that sounds good. They help people in need. They make the world a better place. That is the theory. The practice is not always the same. They have tax exemptions which sounds reasonable but that makes them useful to the unscrupulous. A donation can be tax free in America and emerge tax free in Israel. To the cynical they are personal financial tools. Herewith are comments from sources that pop up from time to time.

Kids and Fraud or was it Dodgy Accounting?
Kids is a charity which lays on play grounds for children. Their accounting has been looked at by the Charity Commission and there are "issues of concern about fundraising in 2005". £42,000 has gone AWOL.  See page 10 of Private Eye 1180

RSPCA
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals sounds worthy. Perhaps it was once but the day is gone. Now it is political and malicious.

Self Help Group for Farmers and Other Victims of the RSPCA  - http://the-shg.org/ is the new web site address
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The RSPCA are well known in the farming community as being unreasonable extremists whose main aim seems to be the kudos gained from glamorous prosecutions. There is actually a self help group for farmers (and others!) experiencing difficulties with the RSPCA. I do quite a bit of work for them. Here's an article which appeared in Y Tir and Welsh Farmer in October 1997
RSPCA Self Help Group
In 1990, a small group of farmers who believed they had been unreasonably and unfairly 'targeted' by the RSPCA formed a self-help group. Problems experienced can range from the frustration felt when anonymous, malicious telephone calls result in the embarrassment of a visit by a uniformed 'official' in a clearly marked RSPCA van, to the financial devastation caused by a prosecution resulting in an order banning the defendant from keeping animals. The RSPCA is an extremely wealthy and powerful organisation, able to draw on vast resources and past experience in any situation. It employs solicitors who are experts in animal law, and appears to have unlimited funds to spend on prosecution costs. Ranks, uniforms and the name RSPCA serve to impress both members of the public and, unfortunately, some magistrates. 
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Jack In Office is a tyrant. Abusing power is fun.

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