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New Year Honours List

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Marilla Sat 28-Dec-19 14:07:24

I am dismayed and astounded that Iain Duncan Smith has been awarded a knighthood. How is this possible? The misery and hardship brought about by Universal Credit is shocking.

But I also think it is time to overhaul the current honours system. I would be most aggrieved to be given a British Empire Medal in the twenty first century.

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grannyactivist Sat 28-Dec-19 14:01:42

I get a bit cross with how these Honours are meted out. My father-in-law has been proposed many times for his 30 years of voluntary service, but without success; yet his work has benefited every Healthcare Trust in the country.

He does his work because he's passionate about improving life for as many people as possible, not for awards (he doesn't know that he's ever been nominated), but I'm glad to say that The Royal College of Psychiatry has recognised his contribution and presented him with their own award. He's a wonderful man.

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Grany Sat 28-Dec-19 13:50:39

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Youssef El-Gingihy
@ElGingihy
So NHS chief Simon Stevens knighted for being architect of Nhs privatisation under Blair, worked for decade for biggest US health insurer UnitedHealth where he opposed Obamacare & lobbied for TTIP & then came back to transplant US style healthcare into NHS

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Grany Sat 28-Dec-19 13:47:35

Christina
@55krissi55
Tory Iain Duncan Smith whose policies were described as causing a 'systematic violation of Human Rights..' by United Nations, has received a Knighthood. The #Queen rewarding people who cause suffering.
#Royals
Feels like the Establishment are trying to wind us up!
#ToryBritain

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lemongrove Sat 28-Dec-19 13:37:06

Am astounded to find I have been left off the list....yet again this year!
I must write to somebody requesting to know how they managed it.....Gok Wan perhaps.

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Granny23 Sat 28-Dec-19 13:25:03

Ian Duncan Smith, the man that came up with Universal Credit, is to receive a Knighthood.

Let's remember that Universal Credit is currently pushing families into destitution at a rate unseen since Victorian times. It is driving the 80% increase in the use of foodbanks in the last 5 years. It is fuelling a rise in homelessness, it is stopping people for being able to start jobs too. The government has recognised these problems and been repeatedly asked to make changes to the system so that it is less brutal on those who have to claim, but have refused to do so.

Instead, they give the highest honour in the land to the person who came up with such an artful way to persecute those who find themselves in need of help.

This is Tory Britain.

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