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MadeinSurrey
Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 3130 Location: The Beautiful South
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Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 11:48 am Post subject: Honours list |
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I think Chris Hoy is a fantastic sportsman, and really pleased he won Sports Personality, but...a knighthood? Way too soon. Steve Redgrave achieved 5 golds at 5 Olympics, and I don't think that Hoy's achievement, although marvellous, can compare.
I think the whole Honours system has become discredited, and dishing out OBE's to actors like Michael Sheen (so he played Tony Bliar ) only compounds the view. _________________ MiS |
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John W
Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 3367 Location: Warwickshire, UK
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Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 12:11 pm Post subject: |
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I was flabberghasted when I saw Hoy was knighted, just devalues the honour, poor old Brucie has to wait another year, hope he lives to receive it.
A local charity worker here was on the list for MBE, and the Cabinet Office wrote to inform his family in confidence in November. Unfortunately he had died last February |
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Toggy
Joined: 18 Aug 2008 Posts: 1239
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Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 12:45 pm Post subject: |
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I'm pleased about Terry Pratchett getting knighted.
As for the others, well I don't know really, I mean a knighthood for Chris Hoy how come Ben Anislie 'only' got a CBE when he has won three gold medal at three separate Olympics.
No knighthood for Brucie again, I'm beginning to think he has upset someone in high places. |
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mark occomore
Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 9955 Location: UK
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Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 1:31 pm Post subject: |
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With all this internet campaigns for Bruce Froysth to be Knighted and he's not got a single thing. I heard he may get one in 2010. I hope he's around to see it as you never know whats around the corner. He deserves one before Chris Hoy. |
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Number Six
Joined: 14 Dec 2006 Posts: 439 Location: In the village
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Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 1:31 pm Post subject: |
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Does anyone know how many Knighthoods went to the real heroes of the Olympics - the Paraplegic athletes?
Maybe Brucie doesn't want one? I always thought that Humph should have been knighted but then I found out he'd turned it down _________________ I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. |
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gfloyd
Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 4861 Location: Here, There, Everywhere.
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Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 2:49 pm Post subject: |
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I think Forsyth was scuppered from the time the campaign started. Its bad form. _________________ His name was ernie ........ and he drove the fastest milk cart in the west..... |
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iwarburton
Joined: 08 Dec 2006 Posts: 2133 Location: Northumberland
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Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 12:43 pm Post subject: |
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Greatly admire Chris Hoy but I thought a knighthood was conferred for a lifetime of achievement, which at 32 he has hardly experienced yet.
The official explanation of the failure to knight Bruce Forsyth is that he had a CBE in 2005 so will have to wait at least a standard 5 years. But this is rot, as Elton John got his K just 2 years after the C. I can only conclude that someone in high places is determined that Bruce will not get one, come what may.
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Number Six
Joined: 14 Dec 2006 Posts: 439 Location: In the village
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Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 12:46 pm Post subject: |
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Bit confused. Why would anyone take against Brucie? _________________ I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. |
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nod
Joined: 24 Dec 2006 Posts: 3558
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Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 1:26 pm Post subject: |
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Number Six wrote: | Does anyone know how many Knighthoods went to the real heroes of the Olympics - the Paraplegic athletes?
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did any get 3 gold medals, which seems to be the qualifier ? |
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SantaFefan
Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 11258 Location: top of the cliffs in Norfolk
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Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 1:54 pm Post subject: |
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Enjoyed the Bruce Forsythe night last night, what an incredible talent he is.
It's a disgrace he isn't Sir Brucie. _________________ Johnnie Walker read out my message on Pirate Radio! 13/8/07
I have heard how radio should be. |
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nod
Joined: 24 Dec 2006 Posts: 3558
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Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 3:24 pm Post subject: |
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SantaFefan wrote: | Enjoyed the Bruce Forsythe night last night, what an incredible talent he is.
It's a disgrace he isn't Sir Brucie. |
Maybe if he bought a bike and started practicing for London 2012 |
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becky sharp
Joined: 01 Dec 2008 Posts: 6853
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Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 5:40 pm Post subject: |
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Was watching Michael Palin the other night and thought if anybody deserves a Knighthood .....he does....what a lovely fella.
Perhaps Brucie isn't anybody's favourite.... |
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Cherskiy
Joined: 08 Dec 2006 Posts: 3701 Location: near Amble, Northumberland
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Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 10:58 am Post subject: |
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Given the Olympic winners this year, their inclusion in the List was something of a no-brainer. I'm all for "ordinary people" being recognised in this way, but have never been that interested in entertainers and sports personalities receiving gongs. They've no doubt already been feted in their own worlds anyway, why not give the awards to more deserving "ordinary" people in the street who won't have got so much air time over the last 12 months?
I'm now trying to visualise Chris Hoy trying to ride a bike carrying a lance, as would befit a mounted knight. _________________ Author: “To the Ends of the Earth: A Snapshot of Aviation in North-Eastern Siberia, Summer 1992”
(Free to read via Kindle Unlimited) |
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