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The optics of this set of honours is pretty good, and seems to show a distinct difference of emphasis between Charles and assorted Tory wankers.

Alan Bates - knighthood
Gordon Brown - Companion of Honour (very high award)
Armando Ianucci - CBE
Jenny Abramsky - Dame Grand Cross - head of Music at the BBC
Terence Etherton - knight grand cross for services to LGBQT service people
Dr Niall Ferguson - historian - knighthood - you can see why he's popular with royals
Chris Boardman - CBE - successful pedaller
Graeme Souness - CBE - successful kickballer
Karen Carney - OBE - woman kickballer
Katherine Sciver-Bunt - OBE - successful ball-bat proponent
Sandy Lyle - successful ball-into-hole hitter - OBE
Steven Gallacher - ditto
Ally McCoist - successful kickballer and jawballer - OBE
Luly Lyttle - OBE - services to wallpaper
Amy Hindmarch - OBE - services to frocks
Alex Jennings - OBE - services to acting
Shobna Gulati - MBE - services to Coronation Street
Rebecca Ferguson - MBE - Music
Liz Mitchell - MBE - Music
Simon Le Bon - MBE - services to charity
Amy Dowden - MBE - dancer?
Dr Michael Dixon - King's Doc (and woo promoter) - Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
Dr Fiona Butler - Apothecary to the King - Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order
Michael Dooley - Camilla's doc - Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order
Nicholas Osler - tax avoidance adviser to the late queen - Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order
Richard Fitzalan Howard - did the late queen's investments - Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order

Armando Ianucci - CBE

OOhh, that one comes with a message attached.

Bones McCoy wrote: ↑Sat Jun 15, 2024 11:36 am Armando Ianucci - CBE

OOhh, that one comes with a message attached.

Doesn't it just.

Nicholas Osler - tax avoidance adviser to the late queen - Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order

Tradition, makes you proud to be British.

Still dolling out British empire medals in the 21st century and no one comments shows they’re something sick in this nation’s psyche.

I posted it without comment because I felt our forumers would be able to make their own judgements.
I did not imply my approval of honours, and I'm rather surprised by your interpretation.

Amy Dowden, high profile cancer survivor. And Strickly dancer.

Malcolm Armsteen wrote: ↑Sat Jun 15, 2024 1:22 pm I posted it without comment because I felt our forumers would be able to make their own judgements.
I did not imply my approval of honours, and I'm rather surprised by your interpretation.

I did realise ‘tax avoidance adviser’ was your interpretation. Good call.

There’s a lot of people I like and admire accept these imperialist gongs and some who should know better but its not malevolent to enjoy a pat on the back. Or delight your mum and dad.

Malcolm Armsteen wrote: ↑Sat Jun 15, 2024 12:23 pm

Bones McCoy wrote: ↑Sat Jun 15, 2024 11:36 am Armando Ianucci - CBE

OOhh, that one comes with a message attached.

Doesn't it just.

Official Chronicler of the final Tory regime.

No consequences for those at the top who ruined the lives of innocent people but a bauble for one of the little people. How very British.

Betty Brown, the oldest surviving victim of the Post Office Horizon IT scandal, is given an OBE for services to justice for her part in the campaign against wrongful prosecutions. She said she would wear the award in honour of the other subpostmasters. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crrkgzy52keo

Not 'one of the little people' - a woman who fought, and fought hard, to bring to light a major injustice. Her efforts have been rewarded, that is completely beside the point the point of the consequences for the criminals involved.

Niall Ferguson: One of Kier's picks or on of Kemis?

They can be nominated by anyone, and a committee decides if they qualify. I've done it.
Fergusson has a reputation in a certain section of historians...