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Post by Carl LaFong on Sept 9, 2019 23:51:01 GMT
He’s been begging for this for decades.
He’ll be even more insufferable now!
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Post by hoskotafe3 on Sept 10, 2019 2:32:53 GMT
Roo-bish! Boooo!
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Post by Carl LaFong on Sept 10, 2019 3:46:30 GMT
The Queen should do it with a stick of roobarb.
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Post by Aj_June on Sept 10, 2019 3:55:04 GMT
He’s been begging for this for decades. He’ll be even more insufferable now! If only his mum was alive to see this day.....
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Post by Midi-Chlorian_Count on Sept 10, 2019 7:12:47 GMT
Surprising news this. Thought his domestic issues had put paid to this ever happening! And in the #metoo era as well...
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Post by WullieFort on Sept 10, 2019 7:17:53 GMT
Fortunately, she's not a footie fan. We might have had Sir Becks or even the Knights of '92
FFS!!
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Post by Carl LaFong on Sept 10, 2019 7:18:27 GMT
Surprising news this. Thought his domestic issues had put paid to this ever happening! And in the #metoo era as well... She hit him first!
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Post by Carl LaFong on Sept 10, 2019 7:20:09 GMT
Andrew Strauss got one too. Bet that took a wee bit of the shine off for Boycks!
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Post by hoskotafe3 on Sept 10, 2019 7:21:25 GMT
Strauss' is deserved, and will only become moreso as his charity helps more people.
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Post by Carl LaFong on Sept 10, 2019 8:31:42 GMT
www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/10/geoffrey-boycott-i-dont-give-a-toss-about-criticism-of-knighthoodFormer England cricketer Geoffrey Boycott has said he “does not give a toss” about criticism of his knighthood from a leading domestic violence charity. Responding to Adina Claire, the co-acting chief executive of Women’s Aid, who described his knighthood as “extremely disappointing” told Radio 4 Today programme presenter Martha Kearney “I don’t give a toss about her, love.” The honour sparked controversy due to his conviction for assaulting his then girlfriend, Margaret Moore, in 1998. A French court fined him £5,000 and handed down a three-month suspended jail sentence. He has always denied the charge. Claire said: “Celebrating a man who was convicted for assaulting his partner sends a dangerous message – that domestic abuse is not taken seriously as a crime. “With increasing awareness of domestic abuse, and a domestic abuse bill ready to be taken forward by government, it is extremely disappointing that a knighthood has been recommended for Geoffrey Boycott, who is a convicted perpetrator of domestic abuse.” May, who introduced a landmark domestic abuse bill to parliament earlier this year, gives Boycott a knighthood for services to sport in her resignation honours list. A spokeswoman from the Woman’s Trust said: “It’s disappointing to see Geoffrey Boycott included in Theresa May’s honours list, given her vocal support for domestic abuse survivors and the domestic abuse bill. “While we welcome the recent domestic abuse bill for its work to widen the definition of domestic abuse, the inclusion of Geoffrey Boycott in the honours list shows just how much our attitude as a society needs to change when it comes to supporting survivors.” In an extraordinary exchange, Kearney asked why Boycott had not been given the honour sooner, and suggested that one reason could be the conviction, the former cricketer proclaimed his innocence and cited his outspoken support for Brexit. He went on to say: “You can take your political nature and do whatever you want with it.”
He said: “25 years ago, love. In a French court, she tried to blackmail me for a million pound. I said no, because in England if you pay any money at all, we think: ‘Hang on there must be something there’. I said, I’m not paying anything … I’m not sure I’d actually got a million at the time.
“It’s a court case in France where you’re guilty, which is one of the reason I [didn’t] vote to remain in Europe – because you’re guilty until you’re proved innocent. That’s totally the opposite from England and it’s very difficult to prove you’re innocent in another country and another language.
“Most people in England don’t believe it. I didn’t do it. Move on. It’s a cross I have to bear, right or wrong, good or bad, I have to live with it. And I do, because I’m clear in my mind and I think most people in England are that it’s not true.”
“I don’t care a toss about her, love, it was 25 years ago. You can take your political nature and do whatever you want with it. You want to talk to me about my knighthood, it’s very nice of you to have me, but I couldn’t give a toss”.
“This is just recognition of my cricket. [It’s] very nice, very honoured, thankful to Theresa May and I thank all the people that supported me and cared for me throughout my cricketing career.”
An estimated 1.3 million women and 695,000 men experienced domestic abuse in the past year, according to Office for National Statistics figures from November 2018.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2019 8:38:13 GMT
He's a colossal bell end.
They're giving honours to convicted spouse beaters now 🤷♀️
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Post by Carl LaFong on Sept 10, 2019 20:25:53 GMT
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Post by Midi-Chlorian_Count on Sept 11, 2019 8:05:40 GMT
“It’s a court case in France where you’re guilty, which is one of the reason I [didn’t] vote to remain in Europe – because you’re guilty until you’re proved innocent. That’s totally the opposite from England and it’s very difficult to prove you’re innocent in another country and another language. “Most people in England don’t believe it. I didn’t do it. Move on. It’s a cross I have to bear, right or wrong, good or bad, I have to live with it. And I do, because I’m clear in my mind and I think most people in England are that it’s not true.” “I don’t care a toss about her, love, it was 25 years ago." This bit is hilarious - dirty cheating foreigners with their foreign languages going and making it all difficult for you - speak the Queen's English man 😂 And let's just forget the fact the he was actually FOUND guilty to concentrate on the fact he didn't like feeling guilty before he WASN'T found innocent! But no matter, no one back in mother England believes the credibility of this Johnny Foreigner "court" anyway... All in all the absolutely perfect knighting for what may well be a Brexit celebrating Honours List. |
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Post by Carl LaFong on Sept 12, 2019 12:40:05 GMT
www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2019/sep/11/geoffrey-boycott-self-absorption-controversy-knighthood-cricketBut his anger may not be without foundation. His biographer Leo McKinstry, in a fair-minded and well-researched account of the trial, is very convincing that the verdict was at best unsafe and at worst unjust. The honours system is rarely forgiving. Lester Piggott, Britain’s greatest jockey, remains unknighted more than 30 years after being imprisoned for tax fraud. And Boycott may also have stayed shaken and un-sirred but for a single admirer, handily placed. Years ago May outed herself as a Boycott-lover; she admired his doggedness. And in 2015, the Mail on Sunday reported that May, then home secretary, had been blocked from adding him to the honours list; officials cited the French conviction. The following year May was promoted. And from then on it was only a matter of time.
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Post by Zos on Sept 12, 2019 16:14:11 GMT
www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2019/sep/11/geoffrey-boycott-self-absorption-controversy-knighthood-cricketBut his anger may not be without foundation. His biographer Leo McKinstry, in a fair-minded and well-researched account of the trial, is very convincing that the verdict was at best unsafe and at worst unjust. The honours system is rarely forgiving. Lester Piggott, Britain’s greatest jockey, remains unknighted more than 30 years after being imprisoned for tax fraud. And Boycott may also have stayed shaken and un-sirred but for a single admirer, handily placed. Years ago May outed herself as a Boycott-lover; she admired his doggedness. And in 2015, the Mail on Sunday reported that May, then home secretary, had been blocked from adding him to the honours list; officials cited the French conviction. The following year May was promoted. And from then on it was only a matter of time. The queens honours are more closely vetted and advised on, a departing PM's list is just for cronyism and friends.
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