Madge Asked: "Do you have any thoughts on the recipients in my new years honours list?"
I fail to see where any interpretation of honour can be applied or bestowed to this list. The long archaic system of awarding disreputable gongs is now long past its sell by date. The award of a knighthood is now a time and care worn system for sycophant proles to be pleasurably brown nosed by the aristocracy.
Take the skinny lad on a bike he's now a Knight of the realm. (whatever the realm happens to be today) Wiggo is given a knighthood for joy riding a bike round the country of our ancient enemy France. Well that and a few laps of honour performed in London. When I was a lad, I rode a co-op bike all around the town, delivering groceries and in all weathers. I got a whole eight bob a week for doing all that, and I had to buy my own bike clips. The skinny lads mate Dave Brailsford, who helped Wiggo, is also given a knighthood. That's a real BOGOF (buy one get one free)
Then there is Ben Ainslie. Ben is a lad who like toad of toad-hall likes messing about in boats. Ben has described his award of a knighthood in the New Year Honours list as "an incredible honour". But not as incredible as Mrs Cherie Blair, wife of Tony Blair, that well known warmonger. I almost choked on my toasted crumpet when I read that cheeky girl Cherie gets a gong for, services to Women's Issues and to charity in the UK and Overseas. In January, 2000, strapped for cash Cherie was fined £10 after she failed to buy a ticket for her journey from Blackfriars to Luton, where she was sitting as a crown court recorder at Luton Crown Court.
Helping to polish the last of the gloss of this years list. There is a knighthood for Michael Heller, a businessman who made a fortune through selling monkey nuts. The award of course had nothing to do with the money he donated (£100,000+) to the Tories.
Kate Bush, said it was a "great surprise" to be awarded a CBE for her services to music. It wasn't as big a surprise as it was to me. Have you heard her voice - its as annoying as my old teachers nails being scraped down a blackboard.
Another Tory donor to get an honour CBE for “charitable services”. Is Terry Bramall who has donated more than £60,000 to the Tories. Very charitable and laudable donation if you ask me, on second thoughts maybe its best not to ask me after all.
Sir Christopher Kelly, the knighted chairman of the Committee on Standards in Public Life, last year said handing knighthoods and other honours to financial backers of major political parties risks bringing the system into “disrepute”. Disrepute it is then. Take careful aim and shoot self in the foot!
Lord Oakeshott a senior Liberal Democrat, criticised the fresh award of honours to Conservative donors.“It’s Arise, Sir Donor, as usual. We’re past halfway with not a sniff of progress on the Coalition agreement to reform party funding and remove big money from the politics.” More of the same old - same old!
Michael Dugher MP, vice-chairman of the Labour Party, also condemned the honours for big business. "By doling out knighthoods and other honours to big money Tory Party donors." Not that new labour would do owt like that...
Regards.
Uncle Mort.
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