Not in Crawley Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 1 hour ago, MickyD said: Promoted from CBE & DBE to become Knight and Dame respectively. Wasn’t the request for Nat Lofthouse to be elevated to Sir Nat greeted with the response they don’t ‘promote’ civil honours for the same thing they were given the earlier award? Whilst not particularly arsed what titles Mr and Mrs Kenny hold, what, beyond cycling, have they done to deserve the elevated honour that Nat remained unqualified for? My ex wife worked for the DCMS, you are correct they dont 'promote' for the same thing. But what Jason and his wife have done since their first honour surpasses what they were awarded for. So essentially it's a new honour for their achievements overall in the sport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter FrancisFogarty Posted January 1, 2022 Site Supporter Share Posted January 1, 2022 26 minutes ago, Dimron said: He'll always be Sir Nat in my eyes. Well done the Kennys He'll always be Sir Nat, and the bloke who, with Charlie Wright was moving tables at a function at Burnden I went to. The Kenny's achievements are more international and varied and seen by more people in this day and age. Like Micky says, not the awards that the Kennys have got, but what Sir Nat didn't get that pains. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youri McAnespie Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 50 minutes ago, Rudy said: And still wouldn’t do his hair for the ceremony If I was Rishi Sunak I'd get four or five backbenchers together get a cheap Wahl clipper set from Asda and jump the scruffy rascal, pin him down and give him a number zero. Get a few digs in too - including a kick in his tiny bollocks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevieb Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 1 hour ago, MickyD said: Brown hasn’t yet but then Blair only got his today so there’s time. Tony Blair the war criminal... Has been knighted? Shut the front door. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimron Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 1 hour ago, Not in Crawley said: worked for the DCMS, What is this? The only DCM I know of is what I tell useless brickies and the like... "Don't Come Monday", we call it being awarded the DCM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escobarp Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 5 minutes ago, stevieb said: Tony Blair the war criminal... Has been knighted? Shut the front door. We don’t talk about that. Just try and blame iraq on Boris or brexit. Do keep up Stevie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevieb Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 1 minute ago, Escobarp said: We don’t talk about that. Just try and blame iraq on Boris or brexit. Do keep up Stevie What else did he do except have a massive mouthed wife and get D:Ream back in the charts. Absolute sham of an award. Happy the Kennys have got theirs. They both seem lovely and dedicated entirely to their sport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escobarp Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 Just now, stevieb said: What else did he do except have a massive mouthed wife and get D:Ream back in the charts. Absolute sham of an award. Happy the Kennys have got theirs. They both seem lovely and dedicated entirely to their sport. Agree entirely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little whitt Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 51 minutes ago, stevieb said: Tony Blair the war criminal... Has been knighted? Shut the front door. Thats a Piss Take Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youri McAnespie Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 Defeffal is going to piss in empty milk bottles and courier it 'oop north' so you can douse your kids in it and call it holy water. Invoking a twat from almost twenty years ago? Sulaiman wouldn't bat an eyelid about sending folk to die in some fly-blown shithole if he thought it'd save his useless hide. The fucking scruffy mess. Ending up kipping in a car with his barely legal wife or sending troops to some meaningless place so his missus can spunk thousands on gold wallpaper and they doss down in Downing Street a bit longer - because he's a useless tramp. He's not 'Boris' either he's a fucking twatface. Alexandre Sulaiman Pettigrew Defeffal Boris Johnson. Hated by his own siblings. The contrived shit hair prick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 Can’t be many tandem lords and ladies (or whatever) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deane koontz Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 Tony Cunting Blair knighted? Christ on a bike That turbo nonce Savile was more worthy of one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickbrown Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 It's a load of fucking bollocks. The list of folks who turn down knighthoods is far cooler than the arselickers that accept them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not in Crawley Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 3 hours ago, Dimron said: What is this? The only DCM I know of is what I tell useless brickies and the like... "Don't Come Monday", we call it being awarded the DCM Department of Culture, Media and Sport. They deal with a lot of the honours, well all the cultural and sporty ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonk Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 (edited) Blair - Not just an ordinary knighthood, but a Companion of Honour: The Companion of Honour is a special award granted to those who have made a major contribution to the arts, science, medicine, or government lasting over a long period of time. The members, of which there are 65 at any one time, currently include actress Dame Maggie Smith, Lord Coe, Stephen Hawking, John Major and Desmond Tutu. Sometimes regarded as a junior class of the Order of Merit (see here), the Order of the Companions of Honour was founded by George V in 1917 to recognise services of national importance. Non-British nationals, including Commonwealth figures, can be honorary members of the Order, and count as additional to the main 65. Very few people receive both the Order of Merit and the Companion of Honour, but these have included Sir Winston Churchill and Sir David Attenborough. A couple of spaces there By Royal appointment? And Tony Blair is knighted, being appointed to the Order of the Garter. Unlike the main New Year Honours list, which is advised on by the prime minister's office, the Order of the Garter is a royal appointment. The former prime minister said it was "an immense honour" and he was "deeply grateful to Her Majesty the Queen". Edited January 1, 2022 by Gonk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not in Crawley Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 Well done Blair. Pleased he was awarded. Also, most ex PMs get the order of the garter. Be interesting if Johnson does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt. Aldo Raine Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 6 hours ago, stevieb said: What else did he do except have a massive mouthed wife and get D:Ream back in the charts. Absolute sham of an award. Happy the Kennys have got theirs. They both seem lovely and dedicated entirely to their sport. To be fair, he achieved a huge amount domestically. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Zico Posted January 1, 2022 Moderators Share Posted January 1, 2022 7 hours ago, stevieb said: What else did he do except have a massive mouthed wife and get D:Ream back in the charts. Made Britannia cool again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Tonge moor green jacket Posted January 1, 2022 Site Supporter Share Posted January 1, 2022 45 minutes ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said: To be fair, he achieved a huge amount domestically. He's continued working in various roles since too, and presumably the award is for continued efforts since his PM days. Whether or not folk agree with his politics is not relevant- that's not what the award is about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
royal white Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 A well deserved knighthood for Whitty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Tonge moor green jacket Posted January 2, 2022 Site Supporter Share Posted January 2, 2022 10 hours ago, royal white said: A well deserved knighthood for Whitty Wonder of he had hair in November 2019? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 Id say sorting out Northern Ireland is worthy of a knighthood tbh. Never get the Blair bashing. The whole world was baying for blood after 9/11. We smashed Al Qeida, nobbled Bin Laden. We were always going to follow our closest allies in to Iraq. All these right leaning folk pontificating about it now weren't so vocal at the time. Add to that the the state of schools and education before he took over. The investment was unprecedented. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youri McAnespie Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 Good thing on the BBC last month-ish - four episodes iirc, probably on iPlayer. It must have been a quandary - remove a monster and embitter a whole nation many of whom were initially glad they were rid of him. If they were serious after 9/11 Saudi Arabia should've been the first on the list to go after - Instead George W was playing holdy hands with the King. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Tonge moor green jacket Posted January 2, 2022 Site Supporter Share Posted January 2, 2022 Never had a problem with doing Sadam. Yes, technically, it was illegal, because the UN wouldn't back the resolution. We know why that was though. Biggest problem was the false information and David Kelly etc. Left a sour taste with many. Not sure we'll ever get the full story. Not in our lifetimes anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youri McAnespie Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 The insurgency was largely led by non-Iraqis. Who just saw a void where they could have a pop at America and Britain. You'd think a clever bloke like Blair would've read 'Leviathan'. How many killed in Afghanistan and for what? Benny from Crossroads could've predicted the outcome of that. A clusterfuck and Bolty's right we should have left well alone. Invade Iraq but arm Saudi Arabia - nuts. The only time I didn't abstain was 1997 - the 1st G.E. I was eligible to. It ended with that. Someone once asked in the HOC how many had kids in the military - fuck all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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