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Honours

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Robert

Robert Report 14 Jun 2015 17:37

Scrap the Honours system!!!!!

Dermot

Dermot Report 14 Jun 2015 15:12

A bonus is usually an award for achievement -- over and above a recognised standard.

Perhaps the Honour system follows the same pattern.

Guinevere

Guinevere Report 14 Jun 2015 14:29

Lenny's jokes are very PC these days, not sure what you mean, Bob. It was given to him for his tireless charity work.

Researching:
Lowestoft and North Suffolk, Monmouthshire, Breconshire, Somerset

Denburybob

Denburybob Report 14 Jun 2015 12:50

It always amazes me that people are "Honoured" for doing their jobs. I don't find Lennie Henry very funny, and he tells jokes that he wouldn't get away with if he were white.

JoyBoroAngel

JoyBoroAngel Report 14 Jun 2015 02:44

my best friend
has been awarded an MBE for voluntary service this time round


and well done to her :-D :-D :-D

I am so pleased for her <3 :-D

Researching:
The birth of Middlesbrough

Bobtanian

Bobtanian Report 13 Jun 2015 22:57

I would like to have seen the scruffy erk tidy himself up a bit

looked like one of the "Dead end Kids"

Bob

Researching:
me and my darling wife at our wedding in 1960

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 13 Jun 2015 17:43

in Wales the head of the Welsh Ambulance Service received an award - unbelievable - the waiting times are horrendous - ambulances queuing outside A & E for hours - when my son was knocked unconscious and kicked in the head a few weeks back it took the ambulance two hours to get to him and he was only about a mile from the hospital!! and then it was a private ambulance

Researching:
Breakspears of Berkshire and Cardiff, Williams and Harman of Whitchurch, Melingriffith &Tongwynlais,Glamorgan WE HAVE NO CONNECTION Do not share your tree with me

Sharron

Sharron Report 13 Jun 2015 15:16

Thank you.

Guinevere

Guinevere Report 13 Jun 2015 14:07

Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders were both offered OBEs in 2001, and decided against taking them.

Researching:
Lowestoft and North Suffolk, Monmouthshire, Breconshire, Somerset

ChrisofWessex

ChrisofWessex Report 13 Jun 2015 13:36

Stranger still that a trade union boss accepts a knighthood :-S

Sharron

Sharron Report 13 Jun 2015 12:00

How strange that Lenny Henry should be knighted and Dawn French reseive no mention after they carried out their charity work together.