The Queens Birthday Honours List

[RHB]

After Dave stated that the Tories are the ‘party of working people’, I found this particular honours headline in the i newspaper quite a contrast.

Knighthood for high-interest loans boss who charges the poor 74% APR - and gave £7m to the Conservatives.

 

[LCBB72]

Great to see Big Jim Montgomery get the British Empire Medal , Jim was unlucky to be around when there seemed to be a lot of good goalkeepers around , any other time he would of been EnglandsNumber One .

 

[OldBlueLady]

Not sure about a knighthood for Lenny Henry myself, though I heartily approve of the British Empire Medal for Katie Cutler.

 

[GrumpyBlue]

Who gives a toss :nope::nope::nope::nope:

 

[Firestorm]

Not sure about a knighthood for Lenny Henry myself, though I heartily approve of the British Empire Medal for Katie Cutler.

Service to comedy maybe not, but his charity work, particularly comic relief surely merits it.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

As Coco Chanel said, "elegance is refusal".

 

[OldBlueLady]

Service to comedy maybe not, but his charity work, particularly comic relief surely merits it.

I agree his work with charity, and Comic Relief in particular, has been immense but seriously, a knighthood? :stunned:

 

[Benfleet A1]

Who gives a toss :nope::nope::nope::nope:

I tend to agree, it's outdated and bent as a hairpin when the likes who donate huge amounts to political parties get honoured only because of the size of their wallet.

 

[ozzie]

After Dave stated that the Tories are the ‘party of working people’, I found this particular honours headline in the i newspaper quite a contrast.

Knighthood for high-interest loans boss who charges the poor 74% APR - and gave £7m to the Conservatives.

sums it up....

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

I agree his work with charity, and Comic Relief in particular, has been immense but seriously, a knighthood? :stunned:

Why not?

He founded a charity that's raised £1,047,083,706 for good causes.

Sir Bob Geldolf, Sir Jimmy Saville, Sir Ian Botham etc have all been knighted for their services to charity

 

[OldBlueLady]

I just think knighthoods are given away far too easily both to celebs and to ex-MPs, personal opinion.

 

[MK Shrimper]

I just think knighthoods are given away far too easily both to celebs and to ex-MPs, personal opinion.

Absolutely - in Cricko's day you had to at least save a Princess or kill a dragon.

 

[londonblue]

I agree his work with charity, and Comic Relief in particular, has been immense but seriously, a knighthood? :stunned:

According to wikipedia CR has raised £1,047,083,706 since it started. I would say he's far more deserving than someone like David Amess.

 

[londonblue]

Absolutely - in Cricko's day you had to at least save a Princess or kill a dragon.

You've been reading Zog!

 

[OldBlueLady]

According to wikipedia CR has raised £1,047,083,706 since it started. I would say he's far more deserving than someone like David Amess.

Absolutely. I disagree totally with the "old boys' club" at Westminster.

 

[Pubey]

My boss got one. Well deserved

 

[South Bank Hank]

My boss got one. Well deserved

Sir Mrs Pubey. Nice. I like it.

 

[Rusty Shackleford]

My boss got one. Well deserved

Sir Wilfrid Death Panel? That is N.I.C.E.

 

[Another Surrey Shrimper]

My boss got one. Well deserved

Sir Richard D James of Cornwall for services to Braindance

 

[davew]

If a honour was offered to me (wich I v much doubt) I turn it down