Anna B   1,365 #1 Posted March 4, 2022 (edited) Should Tory MP, Gavin Williamson, be given a knighthood?  Twice sacked for incompetence by his own party, and the man who presided over the exams scandal, as well as being an all round numpty. What has he done to deserve a knighthood? Should politicians, top civil servants etc get knighthoods for just doing their jobs (sometimes badly)? Why? Edited March 4, 2022 by Anna B Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
ads36 Â Â 205 #2 Posted March 4, 2022 (edited) remember when he sent the kids back to school, for one day (!), before closing them again - by the end of the same day, in an attempt to keep a lid on covid spread? Â he's totally incompetent. Â and even Theresa May thinks he leaked information relating to national security while he was a defence secretary. Â If you or I leaked the same information, we would definitely end up in prison, but he's a tory, so he gets a nighthood. Â Edited March 4, 2022 by ads36 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
poppet2   13 #3 Posted March 4, 2022 (edited) This photo in this link and this analysis from a caller, tells you the real reason why he's been alleviated. And to think this was two years ago, to chief whip, so well before he got his knighthood. Look what's on his desk in the photo!   https://amp.lbc.co.uk/radio/presenters/james-obrien/gavin-williamson-whip-on-his-desk/ Edited March 4, 2022 by poppet2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
hackey lad   3,825 #4 Posted March 4, 2022 Oh goody , another Tory bashing thread Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Mister M   1,575 #5 Posted March 4, 2022 I think he ought to be given a beret, so that when he puts it on he can say "Ooh Betty". If he had any self awareness, he would not have accepted the honour, in recognition of his own ineptitude. But then there are quite a few recipients, from all sides of the house who should never have been offered a reward. 2 minutes ago, hackey lad said: Oh goody , another Tory bashing thread To be fair Hacks, I wouldn't have given Peter Mandelson a knighthood given that he too was sacked twice from the government. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
poppet2   13 #6 Posted March 4, 2022 1 minute ago, hackey lad said: Oh goody , another Tory bashing thread Better still, there's a whole hour on this very question, during the last hour of this phone-in, on the brilliant James O Brien show, this morning. You can podcast it for free. Oh, and the radio presenter, went to a posh fee paying school. https://www.lbc.co.uk/radio/presenters/james-obrien/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
hackey lad   3,825 #7 Posted March 4, 2022 9 minutes ago, Mister M said: I think he ought to be given a beret, so that when he puts it on he can say "Ooh Betty". If he had any self awareness, he would not have accepted the honour, in recognition of his own ineptitude. But then there are quite a few recipients, from all sides of the house who should never have been offered a reward. To be fair Hacks, I wouldn't have given Peter Mandelson a knighthood given that he too was sacked twice from the government. I agree with you but we all know where this is going and why the op posted it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Jim Hardie   496 #8 Posted March 4, 2022 23 minutes ago, poppet2 said: Better still, there's a whole hour on this very question, during the last hour of this phone-in, on the brilliant James O Brien show, this morning. You can podcast it for free. Oh, and the radio presenter, went to a posh fee paying school. https://www.lbc.co.uk/radio/presenters/james-obrien/ James O’Brien is after his own knighthood ‘for services to Keir Starmer’. But great to know the podcast is free. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
ads36   205 #9 Posted March 4, 2022 31 minutes ago, hackey lad said: Oh goody , another Tory bashing thread got anything good to say about Gavin Williamson?  (it's not a fashionable position, but on many (most?) issues, i think i *am* a conservative) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
cressida   1,499 #10 Posted March 4, 2022 Knighted after being sacked twice, not just a terrible decision,  it shows bad judgement. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
melthebell   862 #11 Posted March 4, 2022 58 minutes ago, hackey lad said: Oh goody , another Tory bashing thread Get used to it buggerluggs Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
hackey lad   3,825 #12 Posted March 4, 2022 Just now, melthebell said: Get used to it buggerluggs 😃 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...