Will Johnson senior get his knighthood?

And now it seems that Johnson has earned 3.5 + million since the start of the new year. So much for being a disgraced politician. Wonder how the Red Wall voters who think he’s their mate gunning for them feel about that.

Apologies. I forgot Sir Dilwyn's forthcoming honour!

Fleurpepper

The thing is, he has no real connections with France apart from his mother being born there. Can you imagine if everyone who has a parent born in the UK, but does not visit often, does not speak the language, doesn't have close connections to the country- could just walk in to British nationality.

They can obtain British citizenship if they wish.
You are describing my DGS!

According to Fiona Bruce

“He only broke his wife’s nose once. It was a one off”

What!?! 🤬

(I’ve never liked that woman)

QT.

Not biased of course - unlike Gary Lineker who is 😄😄😄

Thanks WW, I’ll watch it on Catch Up
(if I can bear it - I remember Ian Collins saying that QT involves ‘more audience participation than The Rocky Horror Show’ )

And I thought exactly the same as you about Lineker.

And he often hit her.

I dislike Boris but you do realise that he hasn’t actually put his father’s name forward don’t you?

Oreo

I dislike Boris but you do realise that he hasn’t actually put his father’s name forward don’t you?

Explain, please, Oreo. Some of us (I'm using that phrase as in "the royal we" 😉) haven't been keeping up with the so-called Boris list stuff. TVM 🙂

Oreo is right Baggs, he hasn’t actually done it yet.
It’s just ‘rumoured’ and ‘reported that he is going to do so’ etc

Which is why it is so important that anyone who feels it would be wrong, an outrage in fact- should sign the petition. Strong message required here.

FannyCornforth

Here is a petition against his Knighthood

To be fair, he is and has been a very good campaigner for the environment, before it was ‘a thing’

chng.it/7TcCy4x8g4

Here it is again

Nearly 280, 000 have signed

Johnson is making a mockery of the honours system. This should surely encourage a reform of the whole system. We need a second house but only if it is full of carefully selected members chosen for their experience and dedication to the country.

Lovetopaint037

Johnson is making a mockery of the honours system. This should surely encourage a reform of the whole system. We need a second house but only if it is full of carefully selected members chosen for their experience and dedication to the country.

I'm glad you've made that point. As a young leftie I was all for abolishing the H or L but not anymore, as a good well functioning H of L can act as a brake on hurried legislation in the HoC.

Have a college friend in her early 70's still with energy who now sits on the cross benches in the H of L -she started off on a council estate, got to Uni, and spent a lifetime at work on Alcoholism and Civil Liberties too. She's just the sort of person we need, people with depth of knowledge in various different fields.
People like her bring something precious - time - time to look into things properly and not knocked about by party loyalties and even f they do have loyalties dont respond to a whip "just like that".

How we'd get to that point is far from easy, but we have to start with abolishing hereditary peerages and bishops. We have to change "who appoints" too.

He’s clearly not still considering it - he’s either done so or he hasn’t - given that the Appointments Commission is currently vetting his nominations list.

OK, thanks, people. A rumour thread 👍

It doesn't bother me if I'm honest. Lots of people don't deserve to get a gong. It doesn't affect anyone. I am much more worried who becomes a Lord. The people there are unelected and have power, expenses funded by us and other perks. If someone like Bercow becomes a 'Sir' I don't care but he should never be a Lord.

Mamardoit

It doesn't bother me if I'm honest. Lots of people don't deserve to get a gong. It doesn't affect anyone. I am much more worried who becomes a Lord. The people there are unelected and have power, expenses funded by us and other perks. If someone like Bercow becomes a 'Sir' I don't care but he should never be a Lord.

So you believe in nepotism in its most blatant form then? Gosh.

I can't think of anywhere nepotism doesn't exist. Parents will always smooth the way for their own if they can. The sports coach who manages a kids team never drops his own child. Stanley has at least done something of note re the environment. It's just my opinion and like I said just having a gong does affect the rest of us. I'm not impressed with titles. Just my opinion.

Is this all a smokescreen behind which they’re trying to sneak through Dacre’s peerage (again)?

I thought that Dacre was already a Sir?

Even the Daily Mail disapproves!

But how about Fiona Bruce on QT excusing S Johnson for breaking his wife's nose because it was 'only a one off' 😲

How many times would she have had to have her nose broken before it became a matter for condemnation?

(And how about a bit of female solidarity in deploring domestic violence, Fiona?)

FannyCornforth

I thought that Dacre was already a Sir?

I wonder why I thought that