New Year Honours, Market forces please! Options

[On the edge]

So, the list has been published! Some deserved, some not; but its still imposed. Wouldn't a 'Strictly' style vote be far more in tune with modern needs? Using premium rate phone lines to do this, would probably even make a nice profit for the exchequer.

As it is, we have a list of executive choice heros, being given an outmoded medallion representing an abandoned empire, by a 'constitutional' monarch's 'ceremonial' lieutenant from a defunct county!

The whole thing is simply just a joke.

[SirWilliam]

So, the list has been published! Some deserved, some not; but its still imposed. Wouldn't a 'Strictly' style vote be far more in tune with modern needs? Using premium rate phone lines to do this, would probably even make a nice profit for the exchequer.

As it is, we have a list of executive choice heros, being given an outmoded medallion representing an abandoned empire, by a 'constitutional' monarch's 'ceremonial' lieutenant from a defunct county!

The whole thing is simply just a joke.

Do I detect a hint of sour grapes ? The prospect of a gong tops most people's wish list , whether deserved or , as in most cases , not .
The shame of the system is that most are awarded because the recipient fits the required profile as opposed to being singled out for doing something outstanding .
Better luck next time .

[On the edge]

Do I detect a hint of sour grapes ? The prospect of a gong tops most people's wish list , whether deserved or , as in most cases , not .
The shame of the system is that most are awarded because the recipient fits the required profile as opposed to being singled out for doing something outstanding .
Better luck next time .

Perhaps I move in the wrong circles. I have two quite close friends who have both turned down 'OBE' and a former colleague who said no to a 'K'. I suspect it's becoming more a generation thing, many of us wrinklies grasping onto outworn traditions. The Empire has gone and it ain't coming back.

The only sour grapes from me arise because of the bogus peers we create, now if that's on offer; daily allowance, generous expences, exclusive parking space and club membership in central London. Plus the chance to gob off on any subject you like...bring it on!