No Gong For Farage

[brainiac]

Nada for poor Nige, but Ian Duncan Smith gets a knighthood, and Elton a Companion of Honour

[Zacs-Master]

Shocked.


Not.

[grumpy01]

Also a Damehood for Alison Saunders and this knighthood for Ian Duncan Smith whatever next from this out dated system.I see there is a BEM for a thirteen year old for his work for charity and awards like this are right as they honour people who give of their time freely.

[brainiac]

At least Jay Blades didn't get anything, grumpy :)

[grumpy01]

Yawn Yawn

[Peter Pedant]

I was gonna do a question like
do people want to read the new Years Honours list?
because people get so manky if there is no question attached
anyway the important document is here

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-new-year-honours-list-2020

which is a piece about how important they all are

and at the bottom a link to the 10 000 names of the lucky people hangers on, liars and perjurors, or however many it is
happy reading !

[Peter Pedant]

not as good as I hoped
not as bad as I feared

cant say I am keen on Alison Saunders ( I thought her name has to els in it) the truly awful DPP who got her knickers in an awful knot over sexual offences

she was the one who said that old army generals were having er you know with young men when in fact they were killing Huns.
yeah that bad - so bad she went early

oh well....

[Cloverjo]

Why does IDS get a knighthood?

[JimF]

He's a Tory.

[Old_Geezer]

For being an ex party leader ? And off to the Upper Chamber to carry on the 'good work' ?
All a farce anyway.

[bhg481]

Two people who seem to have escaped the headlines are Derek Griffiths, the children's entertainer and Alan Knott, the former England wicket keeper. I suspect their fame was too many years ago for their names to be recognised by the current reporters.

[Old_Geezer]

You are under the impression that Farage worked at getting us our sovereignty back for years just so Boris would give him a title ?

[gulliver1]

Of course Boris promised Farage a title , why else would Farage have stood down his candidates. Even he thought he could trust Boris

[davebro]

/And off to the Upper Chamber to carry on the 'good work' ?/

IDS is an MP - a knighthood doesn't get you into the HoL.

[Old_Geezer]

Fair enough; maybe it's a stepping stone. Or a consolation prize.

[THELOONYCORBYN]

"Of course Boris promised Farage a title , why else would Farage have stood down his candidates. Even he thought he could trust Boris"

proof ?...oh you dont have any, just yet another boring dig at the PM and Nigel Farage....sour grapes and bitter for lunch , with some sourdough bread and hard cheese.....again....pfffft

[Old_Geezer]

He stood them down to ensure the anti-democratic opposition pact wouldn't take seats by benefiting from a split vote by the democratic parties. The goal of freedom from a federal EU was more important than any ego boosting party MPs elected. Would have nothing to honours.

[gulliver1]

Why was Dominic Cummings not Knighted ?, after all he is the New Puppet Master pulling the strings to make Boris Dance. Dance little Boris Dance.

[jno]

gulliver, this is May's last honours list. There'll be another one along shortly for Boris. Expect a lot of fabulous names in it, possibly including all his girlfriends.

[jno]

anyway, Nigel should count his blessings, as they seem to have published the addresses of all the recipients. Oops!

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/dec/28/government-exposes-addresses-of-new-year-honours-recipientsOppos