Yes, for me the honours system has no more credibility now than the Turner prize. Its like Tony Robinson, I’m sure he’s a very nice bloke, does his bit for charity and makes some interesting TV programmes, but a knighthood??? It makes you wonder if they just put a load of names in a hat and pick one out.
On the other hand The Eastern Daily Press reported last week that some bomber command veterans, who had flown on ops over Germany, were being refused the new bomber command clasp because they didnt meet the miminal requirement of having served at least 60 days. (what idiot dreamt that one up?)