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Society Diary: Would you donate money to watch Charlotte Church punch Katie Hopkins?

15 May 2015 Voices

Our weekly round-up of outlandish and interesting information collected from the corners of the charity sector.

Our weekly round-up of outlandish and interesting information collected from the corners of the charity sector.

Well, you'd watch it

This week’s Diary is culled entirely from the number one, all-star source of everything pointless, aimless, hapless and feckless: Twitter.

We kick off with the walking gob, Katie Hopkins, who was at it again last week, having a go at Charlotte Church for generally being a better human being than her.

Church got stick from Hopkins after marching in defence of the NHS and launching a blistering attack on the Tory party. Hopkins told Church “Oi, @Charlotte Church, wind your neck in. Your Welsh and you lost. Own your problems.”

Church responded: “I’d relish an opportunity to lawfully smash her face in. @KTHopkins Fancy a charity boxing match?”

The conversation seems to have disappeared from Twitter, now, but Hopkins isn’t backing down.

Normally, the chances of charity actually benefiting from something like this are slim. But this time, neither party seems to be backing down. Today, in fact, Hopkins came out swinging, as it were, saying "Voice of an angel? Mouth of a gutter wench.

"Come on Charlotte, let's see who's tougher. While you were eating sausage rolls in between songs I was graduating from Sandhurst and running 800m for the Army.

"Despite being in a different weight division and the fact my arms dislocate when I sneeze courtesy of my epilepsy, I still reckon I could knock that gurn off your face."

A boxing TV channel has offered to cough up £100,000 for charity if the two do get it together.

Diary has some important advice, though, for both parties. Get into a punch-up with each other if you will. But never get into a fight with a woman who owns a fish and chip shop. You’ll get battered.

The joy of social enterprise exchange

Diary learned on Twitter this week of a new organisation – the Social Innovation Exchange, a worldwide knowledge network to grow new ideas with social benefits, known as SIX.

Other people might think – wow, that’s cool, what a good idea, an organisation dedicated solely to the transfer of good ideas for social innovation from one place to the next. We must praise them.

Diary, on the other hand, just wondered whether the Social Innovation Exchange will be launching a sister organisation – the Social Enterprise Exchange.

KP: the big guns wade in

Earlier this week, NCVO staff were all over Twitter, engaged in discussion about the foremost issues of the day.

No, not the sideshow that was the potential identity of a new charities minister. The issues that really matter in our country.

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This is a matter which has exercised quite a lot of Diary’s time as well, so expect no censure from us. KP is, after all, a complete cricketer of undoubted natural talent. In more ways than one, unfortunately.