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Post by **M H** » Fri Jun 10, 2011 8:36 am

Not a good day for Mexican footie

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/13719472.stm

Post by **M H** » Fri Jun 10, 2011 8:37 am

Took a while but sense prevailed

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/formula ... 718417.stm

Post by **M H** » Fri Jun 10, 2011 7:27 pm

Uncle Barry's on Talksport now, shame it's not a phone in!

Post by **Randall** » Fri Jun 10, 2011 7:30 pm

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/wor ... cle/53704/

who'd be a goal keeper!

Post by **Randall** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 8:59 am

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/front_page/13726861.stm

don't recall chris broad getting one but fair enough i suppose.

did the basketball get his for the game or for coming out i wonder.

Post by **M H** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 9:01 am

Nothing for Taylor!

Post by **Randall** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 9:05 am

M H wrote:Nothing for Taylor!

nor adams, be a few annoyed souls elsewhere i imagine!

Post by **M H** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 9:07 am

Naughty naughty!

Post by **Randall** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 9:09 am

surely darts is more populous than basketball in the uk?

Post by **M H** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 9:12 am

I would have thought so considering darts comes second to PL footie on Sky viewing stats.

Post by **Randall** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 9:14 am

snooker players get recognised, darts still has a stigma attached to it clearly.

taylor was awarded his after 7 world titles so the wolf only has 4 to go.

Post by **sat** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 9:16 am

Can Taylor even get one? Surely if you've had one then lost it you're gonna be ineligible.

Post by **M H** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 9:18 am

I don't think there's any precedent stopping Taylor being awarded another and wouldn't be surprised if he was in time.

Post by **Randall** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 9:22 am

sat wrote:Can Taylor even get one? Surely if you've had one then lost it you're gonna be ineligible.

don't know how the system works though people like archer havent been stripped of peerages as far as im aware.

Post by **M H** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 9:26 am

The Tory peer who got banged up last week hasn't been stripped yet as far as I'm aware

Post by **Randall** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 9:31 am

Additionally, some bankruptcy-related restrictions apply to members of the Upper House. A person may not sit in the House of Lords if he or she is the subject of a Bankruptcy Restrictions Order (applicable in England and Wales only), or if he or she is adjudged bankrupt (in Northern Ireland), or if his or her estate is sequestered (in Scotland). A final restriction bars an individual convicted of high treason from sitting in the House of Lords until completing his or her full term of imprisonment. An exception applies, however, if the individual convicted of high treason receives a full pardon. Note that an individual serving a prison sentence for an offence other than high treason is not automatically disqualified.

bankruptcy is frowned upon, as is treason, anything else is fine apparently.

Post by **M H** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 9:36 am

Isn't high treason still punishable by death?

Post by **Randall** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 9:36 am

The statutes of most orders of knighthood and the royal warrants of decorations and medals include provision for the Queen to "cancel and annul" appointments and awards. Cancellation is considered in cases where retention of the appointment or award would bring the honours system into disrepute. There are no set guidelines for cancellations, which are considered on a case-by-case basis. Since 1979, the London Gazette has published details of cancellations of 15 appointments and awards—three knighthoods, one CBE, five OBEs, four MBEs and two BEMs.
Notable examples of persons who forfeited their honours include:
Roger Casement, a distinguished diplomat in the Belgian Congo, who was convicted of spying in the First World War because of his involvement in the 1916 Irish Easter Rising, forfeited his knighthood and was executed.
Jack Lyons, who had received his knighthood for his huge charitable donations and services to industry, lost it when he was convicted of fraud in the 1980s.
Anthony Blunt, knighted as Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures for his services to Art, lost his knighthood in the 1980s when he was revealed to be the "Fourth Man" in the early 1950s Burgess and Maclean spying scandal which also touched on the 1960s Philby spying affair, as a result of which he confessed to the security services. Although Blunt was never charged or convicted, the honour was withdrawn on the advice of the then Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher.
Terry Lewis, knighted for his services to Queensland police, was stripped of his knighthood in 1993 after being sentenced to prison on charges of corruption and forgery as a result of the findings of the Fitzgerald Inquiry.
Albert Henry was the former Premier of the Cook Islands. He was later convicted of electoral fraud in the 1980s.
Nicolae Ceauşescu forfeited his honorary knighthood that he earlier received for his friendship with Western democracies.
Robert Mugabe was stripped of his honorary GCB after calls from the Government to the Royal Family due to the crisis in Zimbabwe under his régime, including hyperinflation, and violence in the 2008 Presidential elections.
Lester Piggott, the high-profile jockey, had his OBE removed after being convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for tax evasion.
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taylor even make the list, his star isnt that bright in the world clearly!

Post by **Randall** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 9:37 am

M H wrote:Isn't high treason still punishable by death?

as far as im aware it was never removed from the statute books, that and sabotage of hetr majesties dockyards can in theory get you hung.

Post by **Knots & crosses** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 11:53 am

Snakehipsx2 wrote:
randall wrote:
M H wrote:Isn't high treason still punishable by death?
as far as im aware it was never removed from the statute books, that and sabotage of hetr majesties dockyards can in theory get you hung.
Language police here, hanged not hung

Snake would know, popular topic amongst citeh fans is how best to string up Charlie T.