Originally Posted by TheDaddy

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[COLOR="Silver"]