Sir Geoffrey

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  1. ScubaTyke

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    Yup, that is my view as well
     
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    See also Morrissey, Gary Glitter, Ian Watkins, Jimmy Saville, Rolf Harris, etc (not all were heroes of *mine*, but were to some people before their demise).
     
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    Not sure what's worse, honouring Geoff Boycott, or the fact that Theresa May is entitled to honour anyone at all. Least of all the cronies who helped her to fail for three years.
     
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    As Dennis Lillee is supposed to have said --

    'Geoffrey Boycott fell in love with himself at an early age, and has remained faithful ever since.'

    but the contradiction is if it's o.k. to listen to and laud his commentating and cricket punditry is it right to object to his being knighted?
     
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    Still waiting for an explanation as to why I was tagged in this.
     
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    Me too.

    I posted at 6.09 this morning after completing my first night shift and only read of his announcement earlier in the night.

    So i was correct in stating his knighthood has received criticism from various groups.

    Why is that so disgraceful ?
     
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    I've no idea whether he hit her or not. The French court obviously thought he did. I can remember plenty in the press at the time about her money problems and suggesting she was a gold digger though. The more you read about her, the more doubtful you became. I also seem to recall Boycott likening the relationship to fatal attraction. He was one of my childhood heroes as a sportsman. I don't particularly like listening to him as he's an arrogant know it all and I don't like his views. It will never tarnish those great memories of watching him play though. Great cricketer, horrible person, lousy politics.
     
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    And me.Totally unacceptable and unnecessary
     
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    Erm...
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    How is that not an apology for legitimately misunderstanding your post. Crikey. I made a mistake, rectified it and removed it, apologised and you still come at me like that.
     
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    You are a very strange individual.
     
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    Jake The Red Banned Idiot

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    It would appear he’s completely ignoring us.
    Strange chap.
     
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    Many years ago at Armstrongs (when it was rated as one of the best restaurants in the area, I booked for the Valentines night special with my wife. Halfway through our meal, a certain Mr G. Boycott swanned in with his wife/partner. They ate, finished their meal, hardly speaking, paid and left in spending, in total, about 40 minutes. Not that remarkable , but given it was supposed to be a 'romantic occasion' it was somewhat lacking in 'finesse'. Given it was quite expensive, we treated it as a special occasion but, I suppose for someone like him, the sense of occasion would be diminished. Nevertheless, we both remarked that, for whatever reason, he seemed disinterested in the meal, his partner, the surroundings and the occasion. Clouded my opinion of the man even if that is unfair, basing it on a single incident.
     
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    I see the Maybott gave the Labour M.P. John Mann a peerage and will now sit in the house of lords, wonder if it was because he kept voting for her Brexit plan and trying to cause as much unrest in the Labour Party as possible.
     
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    Some just don't want the celebrity lifestyle.
     
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