ChatterBank1 min ago
New Years Honours List
With particular reference to past /current sporting stars in -Athletics Swimming, Cycling , Football , Cricket , Yatching , who have been made Dames / knights
Why shouldn't then ,a 5 times world Champion , be so
recognised ?
Why shouldn't then ,a 5 times world Champion , be so
recognised ?
Answers
Best Answer
No best answer has yet been selected by Bazile. Once a best answer has been selected, it will be shown here.
For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.
>>and he goes unnoticed - an utter disgrace
How do you know he was not offered one?
People CAN turn down honours, you dont HAVE to accept them. They are written to months in advance to ask if they want one.
Some people are against the idea of honours.
Some people want to wait until perhaps they are older (and their career has ended) before accepting them.
Some people (particularly those from ethnic groups) dont like the idea some of the awards still talk about Empire (OBE - Order of the British Empite etc)
https:/
How do you know he was not offered one?
People CAN turn down honours, you dont HAVE to accept them. They are written to months in advance to ask if they want one.
Some people are against the idea of honours.
Some people want to wait until perhaps they are older (and their career has ended) before accepting them.
Some people (particularly those from ethnic groups) dont like the idea some of the awards still talk about Empire (OBE - Order of the British Empite etc)
https:/
Like anything 'THECORBYLOON', its being in the right place at the right time, luck and fate have a big hand in this. I just think that F1 is not a sport, the fastest car gets on the front of the grid, gets a start on all of the other cars, then its just a procession for the whole of the 'race', BORING!!!
I would hazard a guess that if anyone had been offered, but refused, a Knighthood/Dameship, we would most likely have heard, by now.
F1 drivers risk life and limb every time they move off the grid and, at such high speeds, have to make split-second decisions. So to belittle Hamilton's achievements with "Well, he drives the fastest car", is one of the most churlish things i have ever heard anyone say. I'm not a great fan of F1 but i do recognise the dedication needed to become a champion and maintain that position.
F1 drivers risk life and limb every time they move off the grid and, at such high speeds, have to make split-second decisions. So to belittle Hamilton's achievements with "Well, he drives the fastest car", is one of the most churlish things i have ever heard anyone say. I'm not a great fan of F1 but i do recognise the dedication needed to become a champion and maintain that position.
//>>and he goes unnoticed - an utter disgrace
How do you know he was not offered one? //
I love the idea - "oh no thanks not today - perhaps when I retire"
In the seventies one old bugga said: when someone is really rude to you - you can think 'well I am a Sir, and you are not, and that is OK by me'.
The mandarins debated endlessly ( Aber quips: " hooda mandarins den? oranges or wha'?") whether British Nobel prize winners should be automatically knighted - and it turns out that about 50% say no. (yeah half say:"A nobel prize is quite enough recognition - thank you")
How do you know he was not offered one? //
I love the idea - "oh no thanks not today - perhaps when I retire"
In the seventies one old bugga said: when someone is really rude to you - you can think 'well I am a Sir, and you are not, and that is OK by me'.
The mandarins debated endlessly ( Aber quips: " hooda mandarins den? oranges or wha'?") whether British Nobel prize winners should be automatically knighted - and it turns out that about 50% say no. (yeah half say:"A nobel prize is quite enough recognition - thank you")
I quite agree. I’m similarly perplexed as to how Chris Froome has thus far been continually overlooked.
Since the admission by the palace that nominees tax affairs are looked into I can only hazard a guess that LH May have blottedhus copybook with his privately owned jet(I believe he sold it back to himself and somehow avoided a lot of tax or something along those lines) but I do hope he’s honoured when he retires in the not too distant future.
Since the admission by the palace that nominees tax affairs are looked into I can only hazard a guess that LH May have blottedhus copybook with his privately owned jet(I believe he sold it back to himself and somehow avoided a lot of tax or something along those lines) but I do hope he’s honoured when he retires in the not too distant future.
From a Guardian link on Google:
Lewis Hamilton avoided taxes on £16.5m jet using Isle of Man scheme. The Formula One world champion, Lewis Hamilton, one of the world's richest sportspeople, avoided paying European taxes on his private jet using an Isle of Man scheme that is to be investigated by HM Revenue and Customs.6 Nov 2017
Lewis Hamilton avoided taxes on £16.5m jet using Isle of Man scheme. The Formula One world champion, Lewis Hamilton, one of the world's richest sportspeople, avoided paying European taxes on his private jet using an Isle of Man scheme that is to be investigated by HM Revenue and Customs.6 Nov 2017
