Freebie newspaper London Lite carried the first of many ‘I became a stand-up after losing my City job’ stories yesterday. Thea Montgomerie-Anderson, who lost her sales job just before Christmas, now runs a monthly room-above-a-pub gig in East London with her flatmate and told the paper: ‘We probably only earn £25,000 a year each.’ 25k? Really. Maybe that’s what an inexperienced act can earn if you look like a model and perform in hotpants: