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20 Aug 10
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Alex Ferguson
Jimmy Saville
Elton John
for me.
Jimmy Saville
Elton John
for me.
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I'll probably be in the minority to be fair, but for me
David Jason
Trevor McDonald
David Jason
Trevor McDonald
Incredibly there is a member of the House of Lords who has done time for
Arson and still gets to collect £100 a day just to turn up.
Arson and still gets to collect £100 a day just to turn up.
CHRIS HOY by a million miles. Had a good week on his bike and was knighted.
Chris Hoy is 1.01 Fav in this.
Salman Rushdie
Ian Blair
Salman Rushdie
Ian Blair
What honour was bestowed upon Lester Piggot?
Whatever it was, he was debagged of it, and sent to jail
Whatever it was, he was debagged of it, and sent to jail
A bit higher up the Heirarchy, there's no way I'd address Prince Edward as anything other Eddie (at best)
mick jagger - left uk to not pay tax for years
Hoy by a country mile. If I had a SIR I would give it back.
Ferguson's utterly ludicrous knighthood is in a different league to most of the others so far on this thread.
Mark Thatcher shocking omission of biblical proportion imo.[>o]
Prise Surprise - you've been sh@gging her for 4 years, ooh... we'll have a lorra lorra laffs chook////she's yer ferking long lost sister.
Loin of meat.
Loin of meat.
Fred "The Shred" Goodwin
How is a knighthood heritary -does it go on forever?
How is a knighthood heritary -does it go on forever?
knighthood aren't
sir is used for a few different things
sir is used for a few different things
Hoy by an absolute country mile.Great sportsman but a horrible embarrasment left by Gordon Brown.
Can't argue with Geldoff,never really had time for him but he was virtually alone in initiating the gargantuan relief effort for Eithopia etc.I'll give him his due he was totally devoted and made it all happen.
Sir Mark Thatcher would be an obvious one as well.
Can't argue with Geldoff,never really had time for him but he was virtually alone in initiating the gargantuan relief effort for Eithopia etc.I'll give him his due he was totally devoted and made it all happen.
Sir Mark Thatcher would be an obvious one as well.
I have never NAPPED anything in my life on here BUT if I did it would be
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Is jagger a 'sir' ? Elton John is my choice for not deserving a knighthood
No only knighted but knighted by the Queen 
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-203933/Sir-Mick-knighted-Queen.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-203933/Sir-Mick-knighted-Queen.html
what a load of old tosh MJ gettting knighted
john
jagger
richard
or any other pop warblers who might have one
jagger
richard
or any other pop warblers who might have one
it's not an hereditory knighthood appearently
it's an hereditiory baronette
it's an hereditiory baronette
Cant see how ANY popstars could ever be knighted..that was Blair for you to be fair.I guess if John Lennon was alive he may have just been deserving and possibly Macca(on the back of that,but not alone)
NuLab made a feckin mockery of the honours
NuLab made a feckin mockery of the honours
Galahad. Failed to find Holy Grail and still gets knighted.
BrendanScrote
Just the one for me - Sir Roy Castle
I am sure this is just a bad attempt at fishing as RC only ever got an OBE,
on finding out he had lung cancer he spent much of the last two years of his life raising money for the said disease.
By the way brendan you are a friggin moron,
not to worry I will take the hook out of my mouth myself.
Just the one for me - Sir Roy Castle
I am sure this is just a bad attempt at fishing as RC only ever got an OBE,
on finding out he had lung cancer he spent much of the last two years of his life raising money for the said disease.
By the way brendan you are a friggin moron,
not to worry I will take the hook out of my mouth myself.
LORD mandelson get's my goat...that geezer has been caught on the bung so many times and yet he keeps getting promoted.what title will he get next?...supreme dark lord mandelson of the sith?
and LORD coe as well...good runner,give him an obe that'll do.
DAME kelly holmes...good runner,but a chav.
and LORD coe as well...good runner,give him an obe that'll do.
DAME kelly holmes...good runner,but a chav.
Sir Steve Redgrave
To quote the genius that is Peter Kay aka Brian Potter..
'Sir Steve Redgrave!? Blimey, their giving them out to anyone these days. How hard can it be to row a boat'
To quote the genius that is Peter Kay aka Brian Potter..
'Sir Steve Redgrave!? Blimey, their giving them out to anyone these days. How hard can it be to row a boat'
Keep Labour out and we won`t have to list Beckham here.
Alan Sugar, inside man for the first sky footy deal,
Alex Ferguson, his was payback for the party political that helped new labour win the first election;
Alan Sugar, inside man for the first sky footy deal,
Alex Ferguson, his was payback for the party political that helped new labour win the first election;
did that bloke who had alzheimers but got off cos he was thatcher's mate have a knighthood ?
did that bloke who had alzheimers but got off cos he was thatcher's mate have a knighthood ?
Ernest Saunders in the Guinness scandal? Don't think so.
Ernest Saunders in the Guinness scandal? Don't think so.
Have any working class people been given a knighthood ? If so I
think thats wrong , ( with the exception of someone of great military
courage and ability.)
think thats wrong , ( with the exception of someone of great military
courage and ability.)
Not just military courage, for that there is the VC. Must have shown
the capacity to win wars for Britain.
the capacity to win wars for Britain.
Other than almost every politician, Jagger has to be the biggest travesty in this category by a country mile.
Have to disagree with Jagger. Brit music is fairly popular throughout the world... 'soft power' and such. Does us a favour.
erse2 22 Aug 14 10:36
Have to disagree with Jagger. Brit music is fairly popular throughout the world.
Your music being liked in Belize & Belgium does not warrant you being made a knight of the realm in my opinion.
Have to disagree with Jagger. Brit music is fairly popular throughout the world.
Your music being liked in Belize & Belgium does not warrant you being made a knight of the realm in my opinion.
BonVivvy 20 Aug 10 23:00
Can't argue with Geldoff,never really had time for him but he was virtually alone in initiating the gargantuan relief effort for Eithopia etc.I'll give him his due he was totally devoted and made it all happen.
Yes, he did well there, and all the ones he saved 28 years ago carried on breeding, and now there more than ever that are starving.
If places like this in Africa were horses, you'd shoot them.
Can't argue with Geldoff,never really had time for him but he was virtually alone in initiating the gargantuan relief effort for Eithopia etc.I'll give him his due he was totally devoted and made it all happen.
Yes, he did well there, and all the ones he saved 28 years ago carried on breeding, and now there more than ever that are starving.
If places like this in Africa were horses, you'd shoot them.
Remarkable that a country like modern Britain should still have knighoods. A country that is
becoming known throughout the world as a place of relkgious fanatics and murderors should have
the self awareness to be too ashamed to carry on.
becoming known throughout the world as a place of relkgious fanatics and murderors should have
the self awareness to be too ashamed to carry on.
Sir Walter Raleigh for me.
His bikes were cr@p back then and haven't improved much ever since!
His bikes were cr@p back then and haven't improved much ever since!
Forgot about that one.
My daughter had one and I never saw another like it!
It was gold and had alloy wheels as opposed to spokes.
Just trawled through Google images and there are three with alloys, but not the same style as her's.
My daughter had one and I never saw another like it!
It was gold and had alloy wheels as opposed to spokes.
Just trawled through Google images and there are three with alloys, but not the same style as her's.
It`s time the honours system was done away with. Nothing but a load of bollox. In answer to the original question, Jagger, a tax exile, should never have got one. Bruce Forsyth 
Nice To See You To See You Nice 
springs to mind along with Stoute but imo the lot of them.
Nice To See You To See You Nice springs to mind along with Stoute but imo the lot of them.
Bob Geldof is not a 'Sir'.
hth, as you kids say.
hth, as you kids say.
panglima........was also a non smoker but had worked in clubs where people smoked
HH Sultan Vinegar 20 Aug 10 16:42 Joined: 02 Jul 08 | Topic/replies: 13,449 | Blogger: HH Sultan Vinegar's blog
Fred Godwin - the dipsh1t from the RBS
Goodwin's knighthood, awarded in 2004 for "services to banking", was "cancelled and annulled" on 1 February 2012.
Fred Godwin - the dipsh1t from the RBS
Goodwin's knighthood, awarded in 2004 for "services to banking", was "cancelled and annulled" on 1 February 2012.
According to the Daily Mirror Tony Blair is to get a knighthood from the Pope for "services to peace"
Aug 23, 2014 -- 1:24PM, k sera sera wrote:
According to the Daily Mirror Tony Blair is to get a knighthood from the Pope for "services to peace"
link for above story
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/tony-blair-in-line-for-knighthood-from-the-pope-1691606
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