Coming to this one late, but I clearly remember considerable acrimony over a few of the awards made post Granby, and prior to that, Corporate.
Obviously it would be completely out of order and libellous to discuss their merits here, but I grew up with the WW2 generation of Aircrew who openly talked about "good DSOs" and "bad DSOs", likewise VC's.
It is my experience that Awards for Valour, are essentially for benefit of those, who are not the recipients.
If Tony Blair wants to chuck around a few gongs, to make some guys look good, then so be it. My guess is that the boys who were on the ground at the time, couldn't care less.
BTW, JACKO, didn't we win Rorkes Drift?