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British Red Cross ‘Too White,’ Chief Exec Calls Words ‘British’ and ‘Cross’ a ‘Challenge’

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British Red Cross chief Mike Adamson has claimed the charity struggled to deal with the Grenfell disaster because staff and volunteers are too white. “There is a risk that in a very diverse community like Grenfell, an organisation with the words ‘British’ and ‘Cross’ in its title is confused with a Christian establishment organisation,” he wrote, in a blog for the New Philanthropy Capital... 

British Red Cross bans Christmas

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Christmas has been banned by the Red Cross from its 430 fund-raising shops. Staff have been ordered to take down decorations and to remove any other signs of the Christian festival because they could offend Moslems. The charity’s politically-correct move triggered an avalanche of criticism and mockery last night – from Christians and Moslems. Christine Banks, a volunteer at a Red Cross... 

Haitian Earthquake: African response? Another Nigerian e-mail scam!

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Symantec today has begun warning people about a nasty “419″ scam which is trying to take money from people who would like to donate funds for the people of Haiti. A “419″ scam (aka “Nigeria scam” or “West African” scam) is a type of fraud named after an article of the Nigerian penal code under which it is prosecuted. Below is a sample of one 419 style scam already circulating on the... 
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