Weird that David Weir doesn't get a Knighthood really. Andy Murray should have got a CBE (that's higher than OBE right?) for winning the US Open and a gold medal but otherwise good list! Shame Danny Boyle turned a Knighthood down and what about Stephen Fry? Has he turned it down the past?
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Originally Posted by Russ
I'm glad The Ennis got an honour as I think she's a fantastic role model for young girls today. I'm a little taken aback at Peter Higgs getting a mention. I think I'll try his method of describing something that may not exist. Such as the amount of effort I will put in to work today.
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Why? He didn't just 'describe something that may not exist', he proposed it's existence in the first place to solve a mathematical inconsistency in physics and was extraordinarily proved right this year. It's incredible that he correctly hypothesised a particle decades ago before anyone had any hope of examining that far down.