It is not only fundraisers that have to be aware of charity reputation and donor care as a call to Radio 4 showed, says Andrew Scadding.

Andrew Scadding mulls over the implications of the hung parliament on the charity sector.

Cut to the core, as it used to say in some ad or other. The MPs’ expenses row isn’t about their claims for expenses, its about weak management and the alleged exploitation of that weakness by a relatively small group of presumably unscrupulous or amoral individuals.

Gentle fundraiser, come with me on a quick visit to a world very different from our own.It is a nasty and cruel world where people hate each other and do ugly things, especially to their nearest -who are seldom, if ever, their dearest.