James Snell

James Snell

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No More Honours

The failed system rewards itself

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James Snell
Jan 01, 2025
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Consternation and a little bit of pleasure as the annual New Year Honours List is announced. As is traditional, it’s done with immense media fanfare lasting days. Does loser Sadiq Khan, diminutive lawyer and failed mayor of London, deserve a knighthood? Does waistcoated former footballer, former manager, former failed penalty-taker Gareth Southgate?

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