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Originally Posted by martyh
It is due an overhaul i agree .I also think that the idea of lumping lollypop ladies and carers in with bankers and politicians is very patronising .Are they there because the government really want to honour them for their services or as a sop to the public so they can continue to give their buddies honours
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That's exactly what it is, a sop, an obe is practically worthless so it's okay to give it to a little old lady who has spent the last 30 years helping the disabled, she didn't expect it but is thrilled by the award but your senior civil servant who knows where the political bodies are buried does expect rewarding and with a knighthood he can get actual real money by selling his title to a multitude of dubious companies desperate to legitimise their activities with a knight on their letter heads. Same goes for political donations, they don't do it for their health so if they're not lobbying they will want something else for it, see how much they give if you try and fob one of them of with an mbe. The whole thing is rotten imo
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Originally Posted by MarkC1984
Sorry den, but why should they get rewarded for being good or better than others in a hobby? It's high time sports stars stopped getting honours, especially Sir and Dame as it cheapens the title imo.
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So it can be used to disguise the honours real purposes to reward friends and cronies, the papers are full of film and sports stars instead of digging about who else got what and why