Captain Tom Moore to be knighted after raising £33m for NHS charities
 

l thought this deserved to have its own thread as here is someone all of us can be proud of as his Knighthood is most deserving.

https://news.sky.com/story/coronavir...igR1cHNE6MUKZg

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Well deserved and IMO the first that has been earned in recent times.

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He can use it but doesn't want to.

"I'm still Captain Tom, that's who I really am but if people choose to call me colonel, well, thank you very much."

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l certainly agree with your sentiments there pip.

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I doubt very much you're given the choice of how to be addressed, this sort of thing is steeped in tradition and etiquette and if I had to hazard a guess it'd be that ceremonial ranks are non applicable

Re: Captain Tom Moore to be knighted after raising £33m for NHS
 

It explained it on the news yesterday, that due to it being an honorary Colonel title that his official title would be Captain Sir Tom Moore.

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A very humble man. Good luck to him a lot of people could learn a lot from him.

https://news.sky.com/story/coronavir...r-nhs-11991235

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Re: Captain Tom Moore to be knighted after raising £33m for NHS charities
 

The actual amount is closer to £40m when you add gift aid

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Really ? A knighthood ?
What he raised is fantastic, but all he did was walk around a garden.
The rest is really down to luck - the media picked up on him very early, and thus it snow-balled wildly.
Great job yes, fantastic amount of money, but deserving of a knighthood, I dont really think so.

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Re: Captain Tom Moore to be knighted after raising £33m for NHS charities
 

He walked around a garden at 99yrs of age. I hope you can do that when you get there. At least he has earned the respect of the nation.
How many others who have been Knighted have actually done that?

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I hope I get there, odds are against it.

Over the years? Quite a few.

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Physically 'all he did' was walk around his garden.

Mentally/spiritually. At a time when many people are suffering and/or struggling with the current situation he gave them something to smile about, be happy about and be proud about.

He showed people the world over how one 'ordinary' person can make such a significant difference to the lives of others.

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And they know where the bodies are buried, it goes completely against the spirit of the system for it to be abused in such a way, giving knighthoods out to people on pure altruistic grounds will never catch on

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What gets me is that I've run around spaces far bigger than a garden for AGES and I don't have a Knighthood.

Re: Captain Tom Moore to be knighted after raising £33m for NHS charities
 

Did you raise more than £33 million, reach 100 and fight in WW2 ? ;)

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. . . and have a Number 1 hit record, don't forget about that superb slice of media manipulation

It just shows how far the common man can go with the hyperbole of media excess

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I donated £10 to someone's sponsored walk to save/kill the whales (I can't remember which) AND I have left sarcastic comments on the internet?

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I'm going to go outside and clap for you it's the least you deserve ;)

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Kill Wales I think it was, I donated to that to. You've done all that for no recognition or reward, you sir are a modern day hero

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What's above a knighthood? Overnight peerage to capture the front pages?

Re: Captain Tom Moore to be knighted after raising £33m for NHS charities
 

There different grades of knighthood

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I would pay good money for this video game... :D

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https://twitter.com/MaajidNawaz/stat...16097216966659

Seems that every penny this gentleman raised for the NHS has been lost to Liz Truss' mate who has a company worth £100 on paper....

More details here

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As usual you are wrong. All the money raised by Capt. Sir Tom went to NHS charities.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan...herts-52325713

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Re: Captain Tom Moore to be knighted after raising £33m for NHS charities
 

Wow that vile, cretinous, animal murdering mong maugham is still around begging for money.

Saddest thing is thick idiots keep donating. :rolleyes:

Re: Captain Tom Moore to be knighted after raising £33m for NHS charities
 

As usual you miss the point.

Re: Captain Tom Moore to be knighted after raising £33m for NHS charities
 

I haven't missed any point. I know you don't mind twisting the truth any way as long as it suits your agenda.

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:clap::clap:

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Yet again we get misdirection and obfuscation. No comment on this sleazy Government wasting more money that Captain Tom raised. They literally can do anything and you would not criticise them.

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Shhhush, don't diss the Tories...Nothing to see here, move along...

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Fact. The government cannot touch a penny of what Capt. Sir Tom raised, it went to NHS Charities and has nothing to do with the issue you brought up.
At best your assertion is either incorrect or an outright lie to further your agenda. You decide.

If anyone is guilty of misdirection or obfuscation it is you relating monies raised for an independant group of charities with Government spending overlooked and certified by career civil servants.

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Re: Captain Tom Moore to be knighted after raising £33m for NHS charities
 

Absolutely spot on....

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And all you seem to do is pop your head in every now to take digs at them.

You were wrong, suck it up and move on.

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:rolleyes:

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Can we take the purchase of PPE or any other Government spending out of this thread as it has absolutely nothing to do with Capt. Sir Tom did with his fundraising.

I don't know about the rest of you but I find it offensive to what a 100 yr old guy did for NHS charities.

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Yes their ineptitude shouldn’t distract from the underfunding of public services. I for once agree with pip.

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