I'm sure it's been said on here before, but as my late Father (ex Mob) used to say at this time of the year, "Officers get OBEs which stands for Other Bugger's Efforts. Other Ranks get MBEs which stands for My Bloody Efforts". I always thought that just about summed it up.

Bob Viking - (post #18) - well said :ok:

Seconded.:ok:

If ever anyone deserved a K it is Farage. Without his vision and perseverance the democratic outcome of the Brexit Referendum would have been denied indefinitely.
Regardless of Leave or Remain [we are all Leavers now] his "services to politics" are beyond question.

It will not happen of course.

Maybe it is because the above generally are doing their job, for which they are paid handsomely. They are will possibly receive their own awards by being the best in their chosen field, ie Gold Medal, World Champion or an Oscar. And all the financial rewards that go with it.

If you look upon the first rule of being worthy of an honour is, Service before self, then it can be very simple.
If you spend lots of time making a difference improving people's lives, great. But just for being in a successful film etc doesn't, IMHO, cut it.

Farage turned down an Honour according to himself - and the Civil Service don't ask twice..............

Thank you. Any idea when please?

No idea - but there was some talk the Tories would buy him off with a seat in the Lords about 6 weeks before the election and the bookies weren't taking odds on him getting a knighthood less than a week agao

Wiki lists him as a refusnik with a reference...


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...British_honour

Thank you. Regardless of one's personal politics,difficult to disagree with the proposition that no other single person has had so great influence in recent times.
In Farage's case, twice: once when his UKIP was a major factor in the Referendum being granted, and recently when his Brexit party exerted huge leverage in the MEP election and subsequently.

Asturia,

It's not the Civil Service that do the asking! And "they" DO ask twice, I can assure you...

I note a number of posts expressing unhappiness at military officers gaining State recognition for their efforts. Such sweeping generalisations are a little unfair, as I doubt the critics know anything about the circumstances behind these awards.

They haven't asked me once..... :uhoh:

Are you completely mad? If Farage deserves any form of 'K', then it should be nothing more than a sound kick in the slats!

That reads as coming from a Remainer. We are all leavers now.

If "services to politics" means what it says, I rest my case.

Weather-guesser, perhaps you should take your politics elsewhere, to wherever the pig ignorant "We've got our country back" little Englanders are enjoying the prospect of a return to their Ladybird book memories of the 1950s.

BEagle
 

Beagle, do calm down before you are a little bit rude.