Any locals win New Year's honours?

• Karlos

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 1 Oct 2012
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  31 December 2013     08:26256521
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  I seem to have missed out.
  25 years service to office work apparently isn't enough!
• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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  31 December 2013     09:43256523
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  oddly enough i appear to have been overlooked too.
  
  
  
  http://www.kentonline.co.uk/folkestone_express/news/roger-de-haan-among-those-10704/
• Guest 715

  • Registered: 9 Jun 2011
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  31 December 2013     11:31256546
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  Eric Robert Stokes. For services to Lifesaving and Lifeguarding in Kent. (Dover, Kent) MBE
  Audere est facere.
• Keith Sansum1

  • Location: london
  • Registered: 25 Aug 2010
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  31 December 2013     11:32256547
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  unless its for stuff like post 3
  they should abolish it
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• Guest 698

  • Registered: 28 May 2010
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  1 January 2014     09:09256628
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  I don't think Eric would appreciate his life's voluntary work being described as 'stuff', Keith. I think the word you were looking for was 'achievements'.
  
  However I do agree that the top end of the system is overloaded with politicians and slebs. Knighthoods and lordships should be reserved primarily for outstanding achievements outside politics, particularly in the fields of sport, academia, science, the arts and philanthropy generally. But people like pop musicians, footballers and others who achieve fame and success while being paid a king's ransom should not be honoured unless they do a lot of good charitable work with their money - and pay their fair share of tax.
  
  Giving knighthoods to political donors and mates of the party leaders just cheapens the whole system.
  I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
• Terry Nunn

  • Location: London Road, Dover
  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
  • Posts: 4,316
  1 January 2014     09:22256630
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  And then some doctor, just doing his job and helped by a score of minions gets an award for being there when some baby is delivered.
  
  Sickening.
  
  
  Terry
  
  ps Happy New Year each!
  Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
• DT1

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 15 Apr 2008
  • Posts: 1,116
  1 January 2014     09:48256634
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  Don't be like that Terry, I'm sure that he is a very good doctor.
  
  How can anyone not support our monarchy in promoting such a meritocratic celebration?
• Brian Dixon

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 23 Sep 2008
  • Posts: 23,940
  1 January 2014     10:52256642
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  well here is an alterative,evan farage gets a metion.lol
  
  
  http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/new-year-honours-dished-out-2975094
• Keith Sansum1

  • Location: london
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  1 January 2014     11:35256644
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  agree peter g
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