Danger-Mouse Posted July 31, 2016 Report Share Posted July 31, 2016 Cronyism at it`s finest. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3716488/Top-Remain-campaigners-Tory-donors-head-David-Cameron-s-leaked-resignation-honours-list-plus-OBE-Sam-s-Girl-Friday.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Geordie Posted July 31, 2016 Report Share Posted July 31, 2016 What a great idea! Guess I had better get saving my £1m to buy MY knighthood then? An OBE for being a First Ladies stylist? Really? The guy just threw darts at pictures I think! I am sorry, but I think knighthoods, and OBE's should go to the like of emergency service personnel, doctors, surgeons, nurses, activists etc well before pop stars, and politicians! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danger-Mouse Posted July 31, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2016 but I think knighthoods, and OBE's should go to the like of emergency service personnel, doctors, surgeons, nurses, activists etc well before pop stars, and politicians! Exactly. They`re honours for service/good deeds not a reward for being rich. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkfanz Posted July 31, 2016 Report Share Posted July 31, 2016 the whole system of honours stinks now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moose man Posted July 31, 2016 Report Share Posted July 31, 2016 What a great idea! Guess I had better get saving my £1m to buy MY knighthood then? An OBE for being a First Ladies stylist? Really? The guy just threw darts at pictures I think! I am sorry, but I think knighthoods, and OBE's should go to the like of emergency service personnel, doctors, surgeons, nurses, activists etc well before pop stars, and politicians! And ...pigeon shooters , stalkers and game shots ...surprised I haven't been contacted yet .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
four-wheel-drive Posted July 31, 2016 Report Share Posted July 31, 2016 the whole system of honours stinks now. It always has the little people will get a cbe for doing lots of good work the top people will get knighthoods just for getting rich or being a mate of the PM but then that is the way that this country works always has and always will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted July 31, 2016 Report Share Posted July 31, 2016 It really is a joke. It is now so discredited. Honours and Knighthoods were given for laying your life on the line not sucking up to the powers that be at the time. Hope the Queen has a shaky hand on the day and slips a bit :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panoma1 Posted July 31, 2016 Report Share Posted July 31, 2016 It's as if the so called political elite want to rub ordinary people's noses in the dirt......what happens then is that ordinary people rebel and the U.K. get Brexit and the yanks maybe get Trump! If they persist with the obscenity of dishing out priveledge gained from receiving "honours" to their mates, the whole pack of rotten cards will hopefully eventually crumble around their ears! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
four-wheel-drive Posted July 31, 2016 Report Share Posted July 31, 2016 (edited) Nothing has changed honours have always been given to the in crowed by the in crowed look back if a woman had a fling with the king he gave here an estate/big house to keep her happy that is life I would stop all of these honours and just give people who do good things in there life a meddle not all of this sir this or lady so and so to my way of thinking anyone who would even except one is not the kind of person who deserves to have one. Edited July 31, 2016 by four-wheel-drive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man Posted July 31, 2016 Report Share Posted July 31, 2016 I think knighthoods, and OBE's should go to the like of emergency service personnel, doctors, surgeons, nurses, activists etc well before pop stars, and politicians! So, do I but sadly that's not the way the system is run? Apart from the odd commonsense recognition the rest, as said is just used to grease the slimy pole they continue to climb? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno22rf Posted July 31, 2016 Report Share Posted July 31, 2016 It's not just bringing the whole point of the system into question but also acts as an insult to the many who have actually earned the respect of their nation and been rewarded accordingly - farcical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieT Posted July 31, 2016 Report Share Posted July 31, 2016 It's not just bringing the whole point of the system into question but also acts as an insult to the many who have actually earned the respect of their nation and been rewarded accordingly - farcical. This - is more to the point. Devalues the whole system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted July 31, 2016 Report Share Posted July 31, 2016 Who really cares about the Honours List nowadays, I certainly don't. Its meaningless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodp Posted July 31, 2016 Report Share Posted July 31, 2016 Who really cares about the Honours List nowadays, I certainly don't. Its meaningless. This ^^^. Don't let it wind you up, it means nothing now. I'll bet you could meet loads of folk and not even know they were a Lord or lady, and it certainly wouldn't make any difference, I'd still say "Allright mate, how ya doin' ". It just make them feel better, the poor saddo's, certainly makes no odds to the general public. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbob Posted July 31, 2016 Report Share Posted July 31, 2016 they lost any value years ago as the government seem to pass them on like blue peter badges Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keg Posted July 31, 2016 Report Share Posted July 31, 2016 Agree with all points, it's been going down the pan for years. All i would say is, there are so many worthy contenders from the world of charity etc, it would be a huge list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow Bear Posted July 31, 2016 Report Share Posted July 31, 2016 they lost any value years ago as the government seem to pass them on like blue peter badges If you are linked to politics it is harder to get a Blue Peter Badge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted July 31, 2016 Report Share Posted July 31, 2016 they lost any value years ago as the government seem to pass them on like blue peter badges or jimll fix it medals wasnt he a sir Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
four-wheel-drive Posted July 31, 2016 Report Share Posted July 31, 2016 As fare as I am concerned there are there are only 7 titles that I will ever call a person by and they are boys girls men women mr mrs and miss and that is it apart from the queen as she is the only one who deserves that title. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted July 31, 2016 Report Share Posted July 31, 2016 or jimll fix it medals wasnt he a sir One of the ESTABLISHMENT! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted August 1, 2016 Report Share Posted August 1, 2016 I have a gripe with showbiz honours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Livefast123 Posted August 1, 2016 Report Share Posted August 1, 2016 (edited) I know that I shouldn't let this wind me up.....but it does! The honours list is a thank you from Great Britain to some of it's subjects for exeptional service / bravery ect. Now it is awarded as a thank you for donations or showing a person how to dress or quiff their hair. These people are the leaches of society and wouldn't know a hard days work if it smacked them in the face. Her Madge is also to blame for allowing these Mickey Mouse honours through, you are the Queen, speak up! Edited August 1, 2016 by Livefast123 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodp Posted August 1, 2016 Report Share Posted August 1, 2016 I know that I shouldn't let this wind me up.....but it does! The honours list is a thank you from Great Britain to some of it's subjects for exeptional service / bravery ect. Now it is awarded as a thank you for donations or showing a person how to dress or quiff their hair. These people are the leaches of society and wouldn't know a hard days work if it smacked them in the face. Her Madge is also to blame for allowing these Mickey Mouse honours through, you are the Queen, speak up! No no no, it was a thank you from GB, it's now redundant, finished, deceased, gone and snuffed it. Now it's just to make you laugh at the vanity of the jerks who like to be called Lord or some such. I'll bet you wouldn't know nowadays whether anyone you meet is a Lord or not unless you were told. And then I'd still call him "mate" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E.w. Posted August 1, 2016 Report Share Posted August 1, 2016 Who really cares about the Honours List nowadays, I certainly don't. Its meaningless. I agree, the only thing is you can be sure if it's one of the elite that has honours you know there a ****. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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