A moment of respect, please for these heroes!

[PaulB]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declining_a_British_honour

My favourite Wiki page. All these people who refused one of these worthless 'honours' God Bless each and every one of you with particular respect to LS Lowry who turned 'em all down!

 

[cd365]

Worthless to who?

 

[rich p]

John Cleese was offered a fecking peerage!!!!!!
What for? Walking in a funny way? Being slightly amusing a long time ago? For living in the USA? Being full of angst?
I can do all of those too.

 

[rich p]

p.s. apart from living in the USA. So that must have been the clincher.

 

[ianrauk]

John Cleese was offered a fecking peerage!!!!!!
What for? Walking in a funny way? Being slightly amusing a long time ago? For living in the USA? Being full of angst?
I can do all of those too.

and more..............

 

[PaulB]

Worthless to who?

The people who scorned them.

 

[Cheddar George]

It's their decision, I'm not bothered if they accept or decline.

However, if they do decline i would publicly name and shame the people who nominated them.

 

[Ajay]

What a shame SrAlex accepted his, forgetting his trade union roots, he should've declined and showed solidarity with the scandously-overlooked "Sir" Bob Paisley

 

[srw]

John Cleese was offered a fecking peerage!!!!!!
What for?

For being the only person anyone's ever heard of to support the LibDems in the 1990s.

 

[GaryA]

Interesting list for declined knighthoods; some very famous scientsts writers and artists...closer to the monarchic origin of the carnage of WW1
I salute them all