Arise Sir Geoffrey and Sir Andrew - on 00:16 - Sep 10 with 1642 views | Guthrum | Strauss is very deserving, as a top player, captain, administrator and now for his charitable work. Boycott would, I think, have been honoured years ago were it not for his habit of rubbing people up the wrong way. | |
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Arise Sir Geoffrey and Sir Andrew - on 05:44 - Sep 10 with 1582 views | Ryorry |
Arise Sir Geoffrey and Sir Andrew - on 00:16 - Sep 10 by Guthrum | Strauss is very deserving, as a top player, captain, administrator and now for his charitable work. Boycott would, I think, have been honoured years ago were it not for his habit of rubbing people up the wrong way. |
... and a conviction for assault on his wife. Admired Boycs as a player, and enjoy his commentary for his knowledge & insight, but ... 100% agree re Strauss, fully deserved. | |
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Arise Sir Geoffrey and Sir Andrew - on 08:05 - Sep 10 with 1458 views | Steve_M |
Arise Sir Geoffrey and Sir Andrew - on 00:16 - Sep 10 by Guthrum | Strauss is very deserving, as a top player, captain, administrator and now for his charitable work. Boycott would, I think, have been honoured years ago were it not for his habit of rubbing people up the wrong way. |
I think the conviction for beating up his ex-partner is a good reason why he shouldn't have one now. | |
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Arise Sir Geoffrey and Sir Andrew - on 08:18 - Sep 10 with 1433 views | hampstead_blue | Boycott should have been given this yeas ago. Strauss is well deserving also. A great servant to the game and has done an awful lot. With the death of his wife he also shows his class with ongoing support for others. | |
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Arise Sir Geoffrey and Sir Andrew - on 08:25 - Sep 10 with 1421 views | ITFC_Forever | Resignation Honours? Sounds like something of a back-handed compliment. | |
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Arise Sir Geoffrey and Sir Andrew - on 08:25 - Sep 10 with 1423 views | PJH |
Arise Sir Geoffrey and Sir Andrew - on 08:18 - Sep 10 by hampstead_blue | Boycott should have been given this yeas ago. Strauss is well deserving also. A great servant to the game and has done an awful lot. With the death of his wife he also shows his class with ongoing support for others. |
Boycott WAS given the Knighthood upwards of 40 years ago, in Yorkshire. I think that he and Andrew Strauss both deserve it. | | | |
Arise Sir Geoffrey and Sir Andrew - on 08:26 - Sep 10 with 1418 views | Guthrum |
Arise Sir Geoffrey and Sir Andrew - on 05:44 - Sep 10 by Ryorry | ... and a conviction for assault on his wife. Admired Boycs as a player, and enjoy his commentary for his knowledge & insight, but ... 100% agree re Strauss, fully deserved. |
That too, altho I was thinking before even then. | |
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Arise Sir Geoffrey and Sir Andrew - on 08:51 - Sep 10 with 1367 views | Swansea_Blue |
Good. I hadn't seen any of the press reaction to this, but glad to see someone is pointing out how ludicrous those two honours are. Mind you the whole system is a bit ameateur and could do with an overhaul. Edit - good God, some of the others in there too. Cash for peerages anyone? [Post edited 10 Sep 2019 8:56]
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Arise Sir Geoffrey and Sir Andrew - on 10:27 - Sep 10 with 1312 views | ElephantintheRoom | When you consider she gave her two clueless advisers an honour and knighted a useless former housing minister who ignored an enquiry into the dangers of inflammable cladding on high rise buildings for poor people (with predictable and unfortunate consequences) you could say both are backhanded compliments. | |
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Arise Sir Geoffrey and Sir Andrew - on 11:57 - Sep 10 with 1260 views | Alan_Handsome |
Arise Sir Geoffrey and Sir Andrew - on 00:16 - Sep 10 by Guthrum | Strauss is very deserving, as a top player, captain, administrator and now for his charitable work. Boycott would, I think, have been honoured years ago were it not for his habit of rubbing people up the wrong way. |
yeh, that or the fact he beat the sh1t out of his Mrs. | |
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Arise Sir Geoffrey and Sir Andrew - on 13:20 - Sep 10 with 1200 views | LankHenners |
Arise Sir Geoffrey and Sir Andrew - on 08:05 - Sep 10 by Steve_M | I think the conviction for beating up his ex-partner is a good reason why he shouldn't have one now. |
And his comment about his chances of getting a knighthood would be higher if he ‘blacked up’. Although of course that went down very well with the ‘you can’t say anything these days’ and ‘tell it like it is’ crews. | |
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Arise Sir Geoffrey and Sir Andrew - on 13:40 - Sep 10 with 1169 views | vilanovablue | Listening to Boycott on the Today programme this morning made me think that Boycott didn't deserve his at all. The subject of the assault was raised by the interviewer and his response was dreadful. I don't doubt he has made an enormous contribution to cricket as a player and journalist but he really is an odious man. | | | |
Arise Sir Geoffrey and Sir Andrew - on 14:20 - Sep 10 with 1131 views | BigManBlue | Why should you take an immediate dislike to Geoffrey Boycott? It'll save you time. | |
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Arise Sir Geoffrey and Sir Andrew - on 15:38 - Sep 10 with 1086 views | GeoffSentence |
Arise Sir Geoffrey and Sir Andrew - on 05:44 - Sep 10 by Ryorry | ... and a conviction for assault on his wife. Admired Boycs as a player, and enjoy his commentary for his knowledge & insight, but ... 100% agree re Strauss, fully deserved. |
Personally I don't think Boycott should have been honoured. In my view you should be squeaky clean to recieve one of the country's top honours. No convictions, no dodgy tax avoidance, nothing dodgy at all. | |
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