Each order of chivalry has different rules, no Yank could be in the highest order of the Garter, but there are plenty of others they could.
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Each order of chivalry has different rules, no Yank could be in the highest order of the Garter, but there are plenty of others they could.
Most long serving Aussie PM's have been offered Knighthood especially ones that have done something for the Commonwealth. I think Hawke/Keating refused, Fraser is a knight which was helped by starting CARE
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Howard will probably be dead from old age before there is a government in power willing to choose him
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I really can't see why Howard would deserve such an honour, after all, he rode on the good works of Paul Keating.
In serious though, I think he would only get it because he shafted the republic issue to keep us under an outdated monarchy in his outdated 1950's views.
In serious though, I think he would only get it because he shafted the republic issue to keep us under an outdated monarchy in his outdated 1950's views.
Get him to present the next Melbourne Cup.
His fellow Astrayans will salute him in the traditional fashion
His fellow Astrayans will salute him in the traditional fashion
Oh, and speaking of the Order of the Garter, wouldn't Alexander Downer be more deserving? After all, he's got a smashing blouse and lovely pair of fishnets to go with that garter
Imagine how impressed the Gents from the Sunday Fox hunt would be.
Best PM since Menzies, he deserves a knighthood.
'Oh I saaay, Downer! What a smashing blouse you've got on old chap! Now hurry on Jeeves, and don't spare the horses!'
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Really feel great for John. Thorougly deserved
Yet more proof concreting Howard as our best PM and politician ever. He has still got appeal, even out of office.
Yet more proof concreting Howard as our best PM and politician ever. He has still got appeal, even out of office.
Elizabeth Taylor got a knighthood and she is a US citizen who was born in the UK.
he used fear to achieve...nothing flash about that.
about the size of it...
Is that the view from Patpong? Mate, you've copped too many ping-pong balls to the head! Still, that's what booze and multi-talented nude Thai women can do to you
why are all you poster's who are pro republicans having such a whinge. i would of thought you guy's wouldn't of given a damn. I have to admit though i love the fact that even when he isn't in office he is still making the topic's on here for everyone to have a cry about
why are all you poster's who are pro republicans having such a whinge. i would of thought you guy's wouldn't of given a damn. I have to admit though i love the fact that even when he isn't in office he is still making the topic's on here for everyone to have a cry about
Because in the time he has been PM, the education standard in Australia has dropped. Your post is a perfect example of how education has been neglected.
I'd like to knight him..but, not the way the Queen would do it...
footyfreak
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You should yellow card yourself for that post.
i agree with SOR, just because you failed to buy property and cash in or take advantage of the booming economy to secure yourself financially doesn't mean we didn't and would like to honour the man who like it or not, steered the ship and contributed significantly to that happening.
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So you admit than that John Howard is responsible for the current rental and housing affordability crisis?
A) you just cant accept that the muppet model was voted down
B) The Queen is in no way interfering in Australian politics
Can you name a single example in the last 30 years where the Queen interfered in Australian politics?
The sacking of Gough Whitlam. If we didn't have a GG, that wouldn't have happened & the CIA would have had to find some other way to get rid of him.
Dismissal was beyond 30 years ago..only just though.
Thank god Hawke got rid of the Privy Council in the 1980s!
Thank god Hawke got rid of the Privy Council in the 1980s!
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It's a by product of a property boom. It's difficult to have one and not the other. For those that didn't take advantage, that's their bad luck or bad judgment.
Not everyone is smart enough to take advantage but that's life and the world isn't always nice and fair. For those too young at the time, it's bad timing but their time will come, if they are smart enough to recognise it when it does.
The other point about knighthoods are didn't we go the road a few years ago where Aussies would no longer be rewarded with knighthoods, deserving of them or not.
I mean, Allan Border would have one now. And Shane Warne too - if we still had them.
I mean, Allan Border would have one now. And Shane Warne too - if we still had them.
