New Year's Honours

[Tal]

This year's recipients include:

Retired jockey, AP "Tony" McCoy, gets a knighthood



As does the man who oversaw the Conservative party's surprisingly successful election campaign this year:

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Actress, Barbara Windsor receives the female equivalent and becomes Dame Barbara:

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Made a Commander of the British Empire is Manchester United and Scotland footballer, Denis Law



And Falklands veteran turned campaigner, Simon Weston:

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Double Tour de France winner, Chris Froome, becomes an Officer of the Order of the British Empire:

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...as do snooker great, Ronnie O'Sullivan OBE



...and tennis player turned TV presenter, Sue Barker



And actor and campaigner, James Nesbitt:

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1,196 people in total received a brown envelope with On Her Majesty's Service on it. 52% are men. Here is the full list:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/489049/NY2016HonoursFullList.pdf

[tikay]

Good work Tal.

You omitted to mention this man.....


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Bourne

He's a choreographer, which is like, sort of arranging dancing stuff.

[TightEnd]

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[Longines]

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[TightEnd]

The Camel will be disappointed about this though

Martin Lewis ‏@MartinSLewis

Thanks for all the kind congrats on my knighthood, but actually its former newsreader Martyn Lewis, for his charitable work. Congrats to him

[booder]

Stringer Bell  OBE

[Poacky3s]

How do the Tories manage to get away with giving their electoral campaign manager a knighthood? An MBE at a push maybe, but a knighthood! 

[TightEnd]

How do the Tories manage to get away with giving their electoral campaign manager a knighthood? An MBE at a push maybe, but a knighthood! 

crony honours do nothing for me, but its not an isolated example and was to be entirely expected

spend 10+ years in politics, on whatever side, and you've got a good shot at a gong/peerage.

run an election campaign and win, you are a shoe in

whole system is an anachronism

[Poacky3s]

How do the Tories manage to get away with giving their electoral campaign manager a knighthood? An MBE at a push maybe, but a knighthood! 

crony honours do nothing for me, but its not an isolated example and was to be entirely expected

spend 10+ years in politics, on whatever side, and you've got a good shot at a gong/peerage.

run an election campaign and win, you are a shoe in

whole system is an anachronism

Yeah I agree, they are so completely out of touch with reality it's unbelievable.

[Nakor]

Just seen Goldie was on the list this year with an MBE.

http://www.factmag.com/2015/12/31/goldie-mbe-new-years-honours/

If any one was to get one to services to DnB he is a good choice, but is it really necessary?