[bots]

Originally Posted by Hollyver and Ivy

For some reason I had the impression that all outgoing PMs are offered knighthoods or damehoods?

That said, the last PM who was "elected"* and then served a full term without stepping down was ... Tony Blair

* I know PMs aren't actually elected, but I was just using it as a shorthand for leading a party that wins a majority.

Brown, Cameron and May didnt get an outgoing knighthood

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by MeghansLetterToSanta

Brown, Cameron and May didnt get an outgoing knighthood

Brown became PM without having led the party through an election, and Cameron and May both stepped down.

Or, to put it in other words, none of them seen through their full terms after getting "elected".

Or to put it another-another way, see my post that you quoted.

[Kazanne]

Originally Posted by All The Jingle Ladies

Satan comes to mnd

[arista]

LBC reports 100,000 have signed to stop Blair
becoming "sir"


That will not stop him

[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by arista

LBC reports 100,000 have signed to stop Blair
becoming "sir"


That will not stop them.

The Queen takes no notice of petitions.
This is ONLY HER decision, her conferring this honour on him.
It's the gift of the Monarch to give it.

So petitions are a waste of time.

Far better do a petition to stop anyone,( other than REAL heroes and as such being then worthy of recognition), getting these questionable honours.

Damehoods, Knighthoods given out like confetti and for what really?

[Crimson Dynamo]

David Cameron's hair stylist 'honoured' by MBE

The prime minister's hairdresser has said keeping his MBE nomination a secret, was the hardest month of his life.

Lino Carbosiero, who started cutting David Cameron's hair before he entered Downing Street. has been recognised for services to hairdressing.

He said the accolade had left him ''absolutely shocked and so happy''.

And he revealed the reason for changing the prime minister's parting, which prompted headlines in 2010 about Mr Cameron swinging from ''right to left''.

[Nicky91]

Sir Tony Blair


sounds quite nice

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by MeghansLetterToSanta

Brown, Cameron and May didnt get an outgoing knighthood

May technically never won an Election tbf.

[bots]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

May technically never won an Election tbf.

yes she did, she had the most mp's and thats the definition of winning

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by MeghansLetterToSanta

yes she did, she had the most mp's and thats the definition of winning

It was a hung parliament, that's a stalemate.

She had to get the DUP to help her govern the country.

[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

It was a hung parliament, that's a stalemate.

She had to get the DUP to help her govern the country.

She was extremely fortunate to have the extreme DUP in parliament with their votes to put in and secure her government, after she LOST the overall majority she already had.
Because the Lib Dems couldn't have kept her in under the leadership they had at the time.
With them not supporting leaving the EU.

Just a loss of about another 10 seats on top of the ones she lost in that election and it would have been impossible for her to govern, despite being the largest party.

Every other party except the DUP were more anti Con votes in parliament.

It's bad enough to see the likes of Blair getting such high honours
Directly from the Queen herself.

However if we were to see FAILED Prime Ministers too get great honours, that would be adding to the insult in seeing who gets these honours.

However after Blair getting this from the reigning Monarch.
Then for incompetence,heartlessness, unlawful action in power and dangerous policies as to thousands of lives lost unnecessarily, then very sadly, they are likely to be already preparing more great honours for this odious creep in power now.

[bots]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

It was a hung parliament, that's a stalemate.

She had to get the DUP to help her govern the country.

that doesn't change the fact that she had the most mps of any individual party which means she won the election

[Livia]

My Dad was a paramedic. He saved loads of lives, delivered lots of babies, put himself in danger to help others just like all of his colleagues. None of them have an MBE, a knighthood or any other kind of acknowledgement so I see no reason why this war criminal should be handed one.