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  • Bunnyhop
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    Apart from Sir Kev (hopefully next year), my other ‘why not’ is Chris Boardman. Hubby thinks he may have been offered a knighthood and turned it down.

    convert
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    and are grateful for the publicity it gives the groups they work with – MBE makes it much easier to get local news interested or get sponsorship.

    Pretty sure both cringe that “Empire” is still there and are pretty ambivalent to the monarchy, but appreciate the gesture and the opportunities it brings their causes.

    Good answer – thank you.

    But to summarise, the status quo is given legitimacy by people who feel compelled to accept it by personal circumstances?

    MoreCashThanDash
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    But to summarise, the status quo is given legitimacy by people who feel compelled to accept it by personal circumstances?

    If you take that view, I suppose it is.

    Empire aspect aside, I get the impression that many people see and support the recognition that the “small people” from the honours, and see that differently to the dodgy political and arguable sporting ones.

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