New Year Honours for Corbett, Bonham Carter and golf champions

[Mr Angry]

Originally Posted by Hom3r

Blue Peters Helen Skelton has been ignored again, she rowed down the amazon 2010 miles and rowed 76 miles in one day, both guiness world records, and she is currently cycling to the south pole some 500 miles.

She deserves some rekcgnition

Yes, but she's a "bird".

For the love of God man, get your priorities right!!

While she's off doing all that nonsense somewhere a man is going hungry, dishes and windows are unwashed and shirts and trousers are going unironed.

[Caff]

I'm so pleased for Dickie Bird, the ex cricket umpire.
He shed tears by the bucket for his MBE and goodness knows how red his eyes will be for his OBE - but heck - at least it'll mean a heck of a lot to him

[Osem]

Originally Posted by Mal

...but some people think that the excuse "because Labour did it..." is an okay excuse for the Tories to carry on doing it, if pulled up on it

Which is why I also wrote:

but over the years I can think of a whole lot of politically motivated honours being given by all parties to people far less deserving of them.

Originally Posted by Hugh

It's wrong whoever does it, but equally wrong to ignore that your own party (whoever they may be) does it.

It's not OK whichever party is resposnible but selectively accusing a new govt. whilst overlooking the previous 13 years of Labour nepotism sticks in the throat somewhat.

Originally Posted by Caff

I'm so pleased for Dickie Bird, the ex cricket umpire.
He shed tears by the bucket for his MBE and goodness knows how red his eyes will be for his OBE - but heck - at least it'll mean a heck of a lot to him

So true.

Arthur seemed to have also overlooked the two major Labour Party contributors who also received honours this year....

[Osem]

Originally Posted by Hugh

Arthur seemed to have also overlooked the two major Labour Party contributors who also received honours this year....

Yes well he would do wouldn't he. Not known for caring much about facts, Arthur never likes to spoil his partisan 'rants' with such contradictions.....