Eco Brolly

I quite like the idea, as when you get to your destination you can just bin the soggy newspaper, instead of having a wet umbrella dripping over everything.

Also: where is Britan? And I’m having trouble finding a definition of this unfamiliar word ‘espeically’…

Just to point out, that a lot of bus companies give out free newspapers over here. Not just in London. I’m near the middle of the country and I’m still getting my crappy free newspaper every bus ride!

Well, if you had spent more time thinking about the answers to this question (how much did you spend? none?) there are obvious advantages, e.g. portability (it’s very small, smaller than any umbrella I’ve ever seen, when stowed), has eco cred whether deserved or not (I say it is, but I won’t argue that, because is largely irrelevant, because if nothing else it is inspiring to see creative recycling, and recycling should invade everything about our way of life… it has too if we are to supply 6.5 billion hairless apes with needed goods), and finally, as the above post pointed out (I didn’t even think of that one right off, but it is a major point; kudos) you can discard the dripping part of the umbrella before going inside.
These seem obvious to me after mere seconds of reflection. Not so much to you?

looks flimsy
and the best re-use of a newspaper is folding it back up and putting it back on the stack

What a unique idea, recycling newspapers in a useful way, makes you think what else can be done with all those millions of newspapers printed every day!