Honour or Off 'em?

[ursus arctos]

Honour or Off 'em?

"girl"?

Really?

[DCI Harry Batt]

Honour or Off 'em?

Twelve years old and already an MBE - would you credit it?

Mind you, bit weird on the wedding front.

[Vicarious Thrillseeker]

Honour or Off 'em?

ursus arctos wrote: "girl"?

Really?

Sorry. Woman.

[WOM]

Honour or Off 'em?

TonTon wrote: Mind you, bit weird on the wedding front.

Judgy McJudge...

[ursus arctos]

Honour or Off 'em?

Sorry, VT, it just didn't sound like you.

So, how does the St. Paul's thing work? Do you get a choice of dates? Is there a fee? Our wedding would have rattled around in some of the side chapels, let alone the nave.

[Vicarious Thrillseeker]

Honour or Off 'em?

ursus arctos wrote: Sorry, VT, it just didn't sound like you.

So, how does the St. Paul's thing work? Do you get a choice of dates? Is there a fee? Our wedding would have rattled around in some of the side chapels, let alone the nave.

I think she was informed at the time she received the award. It helps that she is not yet married, and I think it allows the son or daughter of a recipient to take advantage of the privilege. There is currently a two year waiting list.

Listen to me, sounding like Nicholas Whitchell.

[ursus arctos]

Honour or Off 'em?

I like to think that there is some kind of brochure, with the "benefits" of different levels.

"OBE: All of the advantages of a MBE, plus"

[MsD]

Honour or Off 'em?

My friend could get married in St. Paul's as her Dad was something big in the army. Brigadier or Major or something.

They don't do a CRB check, do they?

[Paul S]

Honour or Off 'em?

Sometimes an honour is totally justified, such as this one announced today for L/Cpl Josh Leakey who has been awarded the Victoria Cross for bravery for actions in Afghanistan. His presence at an awards ceremony will completely over-shadow the career civil servants who got a gong for doing their job.

Incidentally, L/Cpl Leakey is the second member of his family to get a VC. His second cousin (twice removed) was awarded one posthumously during the second world war.

[hobbes]

Honour or Off 'em?

My friend could get married in St. Paul's as her Dad was something big in the army.

A tank?

[Guy Profumo]

Honour or Off 'em?

ursus arctos wrote: I like to think that there is some kind of brochure, with the "benefits" of different levels.

"OBE: All of the advantages of a MBE, plus"

Allegedly, Arthur Lowe declined the "O", as "Dunn already has that", and he wanted "something better".

[Guy Profumo]

Honour or Off 'em?

http://web.orange.co.uk/article/news/thatcher_pushed_for_jimmy_savile_knighthood

Stick to a sense of reality, Spike. You'll get belters!

One adviser's letter to the Prime Minister at the time said: "Mr Savile is a strange and complex man ? Fears have been expressed that Mr Savile might not be able to refrain from exploiting a knighthood in a way which brought the honours system into disrepute."

[caja-dglh]

Honour or Off 'em?

So our conclusion is that folk who post a lot on here who otherwise work for the government think they are great. Folk who don't get to post on here as often but work for government aren't so sure and everyone else thinks they are a bit daft.

We should nominate Wingco. At least then he could have the Commander bit.

[Janik]

Honour or Off 'em?

This exhibition was definitely great. The idea behind the art is very biting.

[Gangster Octopus]

Should Marcus Rashford have accepted his MBE?

[EIM]

Should Marcus Rashford have accepted his MBE?

No.

[Satchmo Distel]

Elvis Costello is the most dubious case of someone accepting the honour despite his politics. Doing it for your mother is an odd excuse.

[Nefertiti2]

Maybe I'm just getting sentimental but I was pleased to see Joan Armatrrading get something. Just need to kick the Empire out

[Duncan Gardner]

Aye, blessed are the meek singer-writers etc

The Da turned down* MBE when he retired from the Foreign Office. I'd like to take the credit but of course he was annoyed it wasn't Officer (although he was only a Sergeant in the Army)

* He claimed that "a grubby photocopy form" arrived to be filled out- long time staffers with hardship bonus for serving in war zones could expect gongs as others say above. Some exaggeration was likely involved

[Nefertiti2]

Rashford petition to end child food poverty

great move by the young lad

End child food poverty – no child should be going hungry


Government should support vulnerable children & #endchildfoodpoverty by implementing 3 recommendations from the National Food Strategy to expand access to Free School Meals, provide meals & activities during holidays to stop holiday hunger & increase the value of and expand the Healthy Start scheme
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Covid-19 has been tough on us all but Government should ensure children don’t pay the price:

- 14% of parents & 10% of children have experienced food insecurity over the last 6 months
- 32% of families have lost income as a result of Covid-19
- Demand for food banks this winter is predicted to be 61% higher than last.

With the Child Food Poverty Taskforce, I am calling for Government to allocate money to

- Expand free school meals to all under-16s where a parent or guardian is in receipt of Universal Credit or equivalent benefit
- Provide meals & activities during all holidays
- Increase the value of Healthy Start vouchers to at least ?4.25 per week, and expand the scheme.

These 3 recommendations must be implemented without delay to #endchildfoodpoverty.
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[Nefertiti2]

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[Nefertiti2]

Deserves a thread of his own, really

https://twitter.com/marcusrashford/status/1318980281999761408?s=21