An MBE for June Sarpong

[NikkiB]

Can there be anything more baffling than a gong for June Sarpong in this years NYHL?

[Ollie_P]

In recognition of her outstanding contribution to Lip Gloss.

[noxlumos]

Wonder how much she paid for it?

[matt66]

Has Blair received any services from her.

[WaldoMcFroog]

She did a big puff piece for Blair targetted at younger voters on T4, spending a day with him as he toured the country.

I'm sure that has nothing to do with this well deserved accolade though.

It's certainly not for 'services to reading an autocue'.

[Llamatron]

Hey, I posted this same question under Society and Culture.
Maybe this was the better section.


I think it demeans the honours given to people who may have actually dome something worthwhile. Have you seen the size of the honours list? It's huge.

[zimzam]

Who the heck is June Sarpong?

[Ollie_P]

Isn't June maried to/dating the designer Oswald Boateng who I believe is related to Labour MP Paul Boateng?

[NikkiB]

Great minds think alike, Llamatron. This gong for JS may well be the setting of a precedent, such as a Nobel prize for physics to Kelly Osbourne.

[THECORBYLOON]

"She's done a lot for chairidee, mate!" <said in a Smashie and Nicey voice.> She always looks like she's been dipped in chip oil, her skin shines that much...

[Llamatron]

When I first saw her I thought she was p155ed.
Turns out she talks like that all the time.

[zimzam]

Please will someone tell me who the heck this June Sarpong is? I won't sleep tonight if I don't have an answer.

[Llamatron]

She presents, or rather used to present, a programme on Channel 4 on Sunday mornings and she once did a PR bit for our glorious leader Tony Blair.

[Llamatron]

Looky here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_Sarpong

[Bazile]

There will soon be one for that other ' talented ' pair - Ant and Dec - or have they got one already ?

[vehelpfulguy]

Methinks the words at the bottom of her Wiki entry give a clue (working for Prince Charles !!)

June is an ambassador for the Prince�s Trust and also campaigns for the Make Poverty History movement � in April 2005 she visited Ghana to make a film for Make Poverty History.

She also hosted the major Make Poverty History event in London�s Trafalgar Square in summer 2005 on behalf of Nelson Mandela and Sir Bob Geldof.

[THECORBYLOON]

vehelpfulguy, Bob Geldof is Irish so he should not be called "Sir" Bob Geldof.

[Yorkie580]

She intervoewed Tony Blair and didn't ask him about Iraq, nor about inappropriate relations with the US, nor anything else he had messed up on...

No idea how she got nominated!

[Yorkie580]

Sorry... should have read "interviewed"

[ThisSpace]

Happy New Year!

Oh god this woman.. both of my hates about her have already been mentioned. On her television presenting, her lip gloss is OTT and she sounds like she cannot be bothered to speak... whenever she speaks! She sounds like she's making things up as she's going along. Actually this might be true as her lip gloss probably casts a big reflection on the autocue!

[redhand]

an irishman cannot be a true knight only honorary