Still, his purse is much smaller than it would have been had he signed a television contract worth nearly $20 million.
"Governments don't have to dip into the public purse so much, and private investors think they can make a profit out of it … It's very skewed.
The chairman of the health select committee, Stephen Dorrell, has described the situation in south London as an "indefensible" arrangement whereby the public purse assumes much of the risk for costs incurred by the private sector.
I offered him all the cash in my purse (not much).
Shaken by his actions, Raskolnikov manages to steal only a handful of items and a small purse, leaving much of the pawn-broker's wealth untouched.
However, the purse remains much smaller than that given to the top male surfer, who will earn $100,000 for the second year in a row.
It's going to be hard to get away with a raffia purse for much longer, so the last weekend of summer is an ideal time to pull yours out.
The cost (to the individual or the public purse) is much higher, and often unaffordable, for later circumcision.
In less high-minded places, voters and politicians may well snap their purses shut much sooner.That is what governments all around the rich world are now grappling with.
Only the Conservatives have enjoyed a more generous marketing purse, with as much as £25m to spend on ads.
