Sir Tom

Totally agree with quizzer. God knows why the queen agreed. Bring back the Duke of Edinburgh, doubt he would have stood for it.

At last someone who really deserves it! I agree with Ricky Gervais who mooted the recent comment regarding such titles. Give them to people who have actually done something for mankind.

On TV they kept saying that he was doing 'laps' of his garden. No, he wasn't. In fact he was walking up a paved area - and back again. A good effort and well done, but hardly worthy of a knighthood.

He cheered us all up - well he did me.
He deserves it.

I'm with those who think it's a PR exercise. The old soldier is a lovely man and deserves recognition for his wonderful fund-raising, but ABdeP Johnson drumming up a knighthood for him is modern-day bread and circuses. Had Mr Johnson's cronies not starved the NHS for 10 years, charity marathons by elderly soldiers would not be required. Will now go and hide behind the shed for the rest of the day.

PR exercise it probably is but nevertheless Captain Tom has inspired and cheered us during this period. As lemsip said he had done much more in his lifetime than raise a colossal amount of money.
I'm sure health workers etc are not griping about this award.

I raise my glass. To Sir Tom.

Fantastic ! such a lovely man ….and so good to see him knighted ...I hope he will be able to travel to the Palace once everything is lifted...he would love that ….and I hope all the money is wisely used. God bless him. and everyone who has cared, raised money or worked during this ...stay safe

Such good news,well deserved.I watched him on GMB this morning.He was joking about what he would say to the Queen.But is there any chance of him meeting the Queen,I thought all her investitures have been cancelled,such a shame if he can't meet her.

Hetty58.
For pities sake ,gardens do have paved areas.Doesn't mean to say it isn't a garden.

When the nation needed some uplifting; Capt. Tom's effort was greatly admired, but why a knighthood? Does he already have a OBE, CBE, or MBE ? If not, then he deserves one.

Remember Pauline Cafferkey the Scottish nurse and aid worker who contracted Ebola virus disease in 2014 while working in Sierra Leone as part of the medical aid effort during the West African Ebola virus epidemic.
For her humanitarian effort, did she get one?

Just saying

Quizzer I agree completely. Captain Tom is, I'm sure, a nice man who has done a lot of good - but he's being used as a smokescreen to divert attention from all the others who have died because of the appalling mismanagement of the crisis by Johnson and co...
Bread and circuses is the phrase that springs to mind

I'm with you Quizzer.

Hetty, he didn't just get the knighthood for walking up and down a paved area of his garden, he got it for inspiring people which must have helped many cope with Lockdown. He got it for raising millions for NHS charities and he got it for unwittingly becoming a national hero.

Any heart warming news is much needed during these uncertain times.

I absolutely agree with you Merlotgran. I have often thought that some of the ladies who comment on here wouldn't know to be nice or look for the best in a situation if it got up and bit them

jennyvg. What you say. Must have miserable lives thinking the worst of everyone.

He IS an inspiration, not only for fundraising but for a gentle humility, and a lovely sense of humour. What a truly delightful man, from a very special generation.

Nice bloke, incredible acheivement, outdated honours system. Time it was scrapped.

He wanted to give back to the NHS after his hip operation which he managed to do phenomenally.
I quite agree Cymres1, he captured the heart of the nation with such humility at a time when we all needed something to cheer us. There has of course been a lot of PR at play, but I think that's neither here nor there.

Merlotgran well said!

Well done Sir Tom

But why did our shallow populist PM have to advertise this as his doing?

I am sure there were many folk, possibly even politicians from other parties, who put forward Tom Moore's name for an honour, but had the decency not to try to capitalise on it for their own political advantage.

I am delighted for him

I actually agree with you Quizzer. I don't begrudge him his knighthood at all. As someone else said its better going to him than to an already overpaid celebrity. But as Quizzer said its the power of social media and the press that made his appeal so successful and there are liafs of people who have actually done a lot more who probably deserve recognition more but who won't get it. Nevertheless he seems a lovely man and it was a nice story amongst all this gloom.

Well said jennyvg. No matter what the topic someone tries to make a political point out of it. This gentleman walked with a rollator, never mind being in his 100th year, so it obviously wasn't easy for him, yet he stayed cheerful, dealt gracefully with the media fuss, and raised millions of pounds for the NHS. Even though the media promoted this story - thank goodness they promote the occasional positive story - people were inspired by his actions and determination. Perhaps we should all try to be as useful to society as this gentleman.

Amazing man, well deserved..