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| Tweet Topic Started: Jan 28 2008, 12:36 PM (542 Views) | |
| u4coffee | Jan 29 2008, 08:29 AM Post #16 |
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Didn't think Grandma had any say in the honours list
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| Norbert | Jan 29 2008, 09:54 AM Post #17 |
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I don't recall saying she did.....?
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| AndyW76 | Jan 29 2008, 11:15 AM Post #18 |
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Team Boss
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As far as I know, most honors are reserved for distribution by the cabinet to their favourite supporters and donors, upon which they block any investigation into coruption. |
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| u4coffee | Jan 29 2008, 11:20 AM Post #19 |
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Probably very true |
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| AndyW76 | Jan 29 2008, 11:26 AM Post #20 |
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Oh yeah, also they dish out honors for PR as well, like to the england cricket team for winning the ashes once in 20 years. |
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| Red Andy | Jan 29 2008, 07:36 PM Post #21 |
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And where do you think this government learned that from? It's always been the same. Corruption is nothing new. |
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| AndyW76 | Jan 29 2008, 08:36 PM Post #22 |
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I never said it was new, I'm just pointing out the rather glaring conflict of interest in the honors system. |
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| Red Andy | Jan 29 2008, 10:55 PM Post #23 |
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Well quite, but then who cares about the "honours" system other than the self-preening prats who get given them? As Billy Bragg so aptly sang .... "Member of the British Empire - that doesn't sound too good to me." |
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| AndyW76 | Jan 30 2008, 11:29 AM Post #24 |
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Some people obviously do, otherwise the cash for honors scandal would never have erupted. Also, doesn't it get some of the donors a place in the House of Lords, which certainly is a position of power. Personally I would scrap the house of Lords and have a fully voted in upper house which would be elected off set from general elections by, say, 2 years, to ensure that there is an adequate balance of power and to keep the government on their toes. |
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| Shadowman | Jan 30 2008, 04:50 PM Post #25 |
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She's well fit though....... I'd Do her if the chance came my way! |
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| Red Andy | Jan 30 2008, 06:40 PM Post #26 |
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I was talking more about the New Year's Honours list and so on (MBEs, CBEs, knighthoods etc) rather than peerages, which are awarded slightly differently. I think an elected upper house would work quite well. We could have one house elected by the current first-past-the-post system and the other elected by proportional representation, to have a balance between the number of votes reflecting the number of representatives, and proper representation of constituencies. |
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