Blaine, Blaine go away

I think John O'Farrell identifies one of the reasons why a lot of people are being vocally anti-David Blaine and his little stunt - because he's not doing it for charity. There is that English tradition that you can get away with doing just about anything, no matter how stupid, as long as you can claim that 'it's for charity!' afterwards. I think Blaine would have got a lot more support if he was doing it for a cause, rather than just self-promotion. And I do wonder if anyone's already taken up someone on this suggestion of O'Farrell's:

The other day I got a pizza leaflet saying: "We deliver anywhere". Perhaps now is the right time to put them to the test.

The news that he will have to pay for the cost of policing his box surprised me, as I'd assumed he was doing that anyway, because it's an event for private, rather than public, gain.

Anyway, while Blaine's sitting up in his box, it looks like he's going to be upstaged by this.