New Year Honours List

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.

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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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

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

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.