No, he gets honoured for doing his job exceedingly well; better than many others.
Plus all of the charity work he does and the money he helps to raise. You shouldn't get a gong for just being a celebrity but for using that fame to do good deeds.
Plus all of the charity work he does and the money he helps to raise. You shouldn't get a gong for just being a celebrity but for using that fame to do good deeds.
So it doesn't matter how many good deeds you do, you still have to be a celebrity.
This year's list really is a joke. Sheridan Smith has got one along with Joan Collins. Adele was a joke last year. They're just trying to get 'trendy' people that the country has heard of.
My mates daughter this year managed to Captain the Scottish Commonwealth Team, win a silver medal at the games for which she was the "image", then go on to win European Gold.
She got bugger all.
elidh will get something if she wins a big medal at eityther the olympics or the world champs
I think Honours have turned a corner socially. Accepting one marks you out as being a self-absorbed "friend of the establishment".
Maybe it's partially the Jimmy Savile thing. But also the usual gradual social change, what was ok for the previous generation can suddenly become wrong and icky.
I gave up on the honours systems when dumb dumb Kelly Holmes got a damehood. And when she won Sports personality of the year without having a personality whatsoever.
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No, he gets honoured for doing his job exceedingly well; better than many others.
Plus all of the charity work he does and the money he helps to raise. You shouldn't get a gong for just being a celebrity but for using that fame to do good deeds.
He's in the film version of the musical "Into the Woods" which is released in the UK soon.
So it doesn't matter how many good deeds you do, you still have to be a celebrity.
Empire, we haven't had an empire for donkeys years. These awards should go the same way
There are many people on the honours lists who aren't celebrities but they don't get the media attention because ..er... they aren't celebrities.
Popbitch said he turned one down last year.
Are you referring to time serving civil servants?
elidh will get something if she wins a big medal at eityther the olympics or the world champs
Maybe it's partially the Jimmy Savile thing. But also the usual gradual social change, what was ok for the previous generation can suddenly become wrong and icky.
Who decides whether he does it better than others? Can't say he's exceptional. I'd say he's average.
He is good for the environment. If his face appears on TV, I turn it off to lower my CO2 footprint.
Next year I am nominating: Stephen Fry, Jeremy driving idiot, Jonathon Ross and Russell (man of the rich people) Brand.:D