Originally Posted by
Willard Whyte
I don't give a stuff whether lefty Tony Robinson has been knighted. Such an honour is utterly devalued by giving it to sportspeople and others of equally no particular note.
Very true.
When you look at the duties a Knight was traditionally expected to perform in deference to his liege lord and sovereign, the current lot of title holders cast a sorry shadow on those who were the original bearers of the rank.
Can you imagine, in the time of conflict, the likes of Beckham, McCartney, Elton John, Robinson et al, rising to the defence of their country? I bet most of them would scarper off to their tax exile homes until it had all blown over.