Children in need

Yet again we get the annual night of torture television interspersed with clips of children in urgent need of assistance.

Now, I cannot deny that there are children out there who need help, I cannot deny that money is desperately needed to help them.

Would it not be better though to meet those needs by raising general taxation rather than having parade of self congratulory celebrities and collecting money which on previous patterns of charitable donation will come more from those on lower incomes than those on more money.

Is it anyway good message to send to children in need that they can have what others are prepared to give for them not what they need.

That said I think I would probably give quite a lot to children in need if someone shot a certain smug Irish TV presenter....

It has been everywhere today.

Gwion went to school as a "super hero", Jack Sparrow, of course he has no need to dress up, he IS a superhero. He shares his mum, dad, brothers and sisters with children who cannot be with their own families. He shares his birthday, his Xmas, his holidays, his days out, his whole life. That's a proper super hero and a lot to do at 9.