Here's my personal Top 10.
1: Lord Prescott - after all, it was his government who ignored the signs and failed to act to rein in the bankers that lead to the crisis that we're all now in.
2: Sir David Jason - I just find him irritating beyond belief. Perhaps two good performances in his career (Porterhouse Blue and Poridge) but countless identikit performances in unfunny sitcoms.
3: Sir Jimmy Savile - yes, yes, I know he's dead, but I think his title should be removed posthumously - an irritant with lots of unanswered questions.
4: David Beckham OBE - I have no problem with sportsmen and women receiving honours if it is to honour outstanding achievement like a world record, an Olympic or World winner, something like that. Beckham was over-hyped, over-paid and even managed to soil the Commonwealth Games by wearing a sponsorship logo in the ad free opening ceremony. Awful, awful, human being.
5: Gerald Ronson CBE - one of the Guiness Four. He was jailed in connection with the share-trading scandal but made a CBE in 2012.
6: Denise Coates CBE - founder and chief executive of the online gambling company bet365 - representative of an industry that causes so much hardship and devastation to families across the country off the back of gambling on animal abuse.
7: Lord Ashcroft - who personifies so much of what is wrong with British politics.
8: Sir Elton John - he may have had a long career, but he's had very few No. 1s and, well, let's be honest, his knighthood was a populist move to help the rehabilitation of the Windsors after the death of "that woman".
9: All soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines - should we really honour people who kill and maim civilians?
10: Christopher Preddie OBE - a former drug dealer and gang member.
And there are many, many more.... Ronnie Corbett, Bruce Forsyth, Kelly Holmes, etc.
Who would you remove honours fom?
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