Sir William Connolly

[goodgoalie]

Arise, Sir Billy - and Mrs Overall's a Dame!

[Cloverjo]

Is JK Rowling a dame now?
I enjoyed her books but ....
I've said this before. I don't agree with well-paid people in the arts getting honours for doing their job. Similarly, sportspeople receiving a further medal for winning an Olympic medal.

Having said that, I think Judy Murray deserves her OBE. She's not just the mother of our greatest singles and doubles tennis players, but does a lot of work in encouraging kids to get into the game for fun.

[anneasquith]

I agree Jo, Judy Murray is a great advocate for children/tennis.

[Mamyalynne]

J K Rowling - Companion of Honour on top of her OBE.

[gness]

I should imagine they did, 237......still leaves him a crass and ignorant man.....
What was in his head that he thought he'd make folk laugh.....laugh?....by getting on stage and taking the mickey out of a man who was waiting to be beheaded and making cheap cracks about his wife......

One of the least deserving of this honour ever.

[237SJ]

You know what they say - "Critisize the behaviour, not the person"

[237SJ]

*Criticize*. One day this website might catch up with the rest of the world and have an edit facility.

[baza]

At this rate F.Boyle will be gatting a knighthood for services to comedy next.

[douglas9401]

Jobbies. You've got to laugh.

[sp1814]

Dame Julie Walters.

AT LAST.

Very pleased at that. Very pleased indeed.

[murraymints]

well I can only go by personal experience, shared an Hotel in Tyneside with Billy for 3 nights, he was doing his show in Newcastle and travelled alone, he joined my party (on a residential course) for dinner and breakfast every day and a blether at nights, a very very nice man, very humble and down to earth, his humour is very Glasgow and perhaps some folks just don't get it at times...

[TWR]

It's like the scouser's Murray, you have to know their humor.

[murraymints]

indeed ..Glasgow and Liverpool very alike in that respect..mum's a scouser !

[roopower]

A lot of people get their gongs for charity work - which we don't always know about - as well as for whatever it is they do.

[gness]

Come on now, Minty.......I spent long enough in Corby to experience Glasgow humour.......I get it.......
I don't get a man who is so far up himself that he thinks he can use a dreadful, ongoing situation to try to get a laugh......and rather than realise imediately that he'd blown it he abuses his audience??
That really is not Glasgow humour....x

[piggynose]

Sir big gun, just doesnee sound right

[piggynose]

Gun?? Big yun

[jambutty]

^ 'yin'.

[emmie]

not before time, the big yin is now a sir, well done....

[emmie]

mamy
my favourite artist is Jack Vettriano, who did a sterling job in his portrait.

[jno]

and the lovely Pamela Stephenson is now a lady, I suppose