Ahhh, we digress, lottery funding (Voluntary taxation with limited benefit) is another animal and certainly fulfils a need to plug holes where the treasury knows it will.
I welcome the contribution made to our athletes to get them to the Olympics but I do not see it as an "honour" since the public have chosen to sponsor through buying lottery tickets.
As I said at the start of the thread, my issue is with the fat cat polies who have "honours" elevated on them, and our young men and ladies with little pink bodies who pick up the tab for the polies vanity and who mostly receive zilch.
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