Queen's Birthday Honours List 2021 - Military Division
There have always been allocations. My recommendation to MBE for a marvellous twilight years effort by an under-promoted and over-performing Met. man got a tick in every box as it went up the chain ....... I was told that it was successful: and then came the Falklands in the same year.
Result:: the MBE went to a Met man actively engaged in supporting the task force, and I was told it was all about quotas and rationing. "We cannot have two".
I always refused thereafter to put anyone up.
There is much to like about the principle of honours, and much to dislike about the application.
To declare an interest, the man who filled my pencilled-in post before me got an OBE. The man who actually succeeded him likewise. Meanwhile, having slithered away towards the sharp end, I had six years at the top of my career, and no OBE. No contest! Result!
"Yes but"
There have always been allocations. My recommendation to MBE for a marvellous twilight years effort by an under-promoted and over-performing Met. man got a tick in every box as it went up the chain ....... I was told that it was successful: and then came the Falklands in the same year.
Result:: the MBE went to a Met man actively engaged in supporting the task force, and I was told it was all about quotas and rationing. "We cannot have two".
I always refused thereafter to put anyone up.
There is much to like about the principle of honours, and much to dislike about the application.
To declare an interest, the man who filled my pencilled-in post before me got an OBE. The man who actually succeeded him likewise. Meanwhile, having slithered away towards the sharp end, I had six years at the top of my career, and no OBE. No contest! Result!
There have always been allocations. My recommendation to MBE for a marvellous twilight years effort by an under-promoted and over-performing Met. man got a tick in every box as it went up the chain ....... I was told that it was successful: and then came the Falklands in the same year.
Result:: the MBE went to a Met man actively engaged in supporting the task force, and I was told it was all about quotas and rationing. "We cannot have two".
I always refused thereafter to put anyone up.
There is much to like about the principle of honours, and much to dislike about the application.
To declare an interest, the man who filled my pencilled-in post before me got an OBE. The man who actually succeeded him likewise. Meanwhile, having slithered away towards the sharp end, I had six years at the top of my career, and no OBE. No contest! Result!
My vote goes to Kate Bingham.
Of course there are many others whose contribution needs to be remarked. My 'exam' question is: "Contrast and compare the contribution played by Kate Bingham and Baroness Dido Harding to defeating Covid". Answers should not contain the words 'Ah' and 'Um', so much loved by our prime minister!
Old Duffer
Of course there are many others whose contribution needs to be remarked. My 'exam' question is: "Contrast and compare the contribution played by Kate Bingham and Baroness Dido Harding to defeating Covid". Answers should not contain the words 'Ah' and 'Um', so much loved by our prime minister!
Old Duffer
Fish was awarded the MBE in 2004 for services to broadcasting. He was compulsorily retired by the Civil Service
Regarding the "Hurricane", it was an institutional failure, reflecting the state of the science at the time, compounded by ill-chosen presentation.
As far as I am aware, no other Met. service in Europe called it well enough.
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FACTS not FOAMING
Fish was awarded the MBE in 2004 for services to broadcasting. He was compulsorily retired by the Civil Service
Regarding the "Hurricane", it was an institutional failure, reflecting the state of the science at the time, compounded by ill-chosen presentation.
As far as I am aware, no other Met. service in Europe called it well enough.
Fish was awarded the MBE in 2004 for services to broadcasting. He was compulsorily retired by the Civil Service
Regarding the "Hurricane", it was an institutional failure, reflecting the state of the science at the time, compounded by ill-chosen presentation.
As far as I am aware, no other Met. service in Europe called it well enough.
I was out in the middle of the N Sea during the day before - the forecast wasn't too bad at 09:00 that morning but by 15:00 it was getting breezy and we decided to fly back to the mainland - by 22:00 it was getting rough. It really did develop very fast
It was decided to create a core group of staff "licenced" to give interviews to media.
A short list was given training and testing by TV professionals, and a very short list were authorised.
I made the cut: "not a natural but will not let the side down. Trustworthy and professional!"
The remit included "expert witness" in court cases.
Not a part of the job spec that I enjoyed.
