So he was a civil servant (nothing big, photographer and graphic design dept, some of his maps are in a preserved nuclear bunker in Fife) and one day the nurses went on strike and he (despite not being a nurse) walked out in solidarity. He was dragged in front of his boss who told him he was now banned from any official honours, meaning he couldn’t become a Knight, get an OBE, CBE, MBE, get a George Cross or become a Lord.
He was a civil servant (aka, he worked for the Government directly in one of their departments), so she could do that. He has had an interesting life, he…
Has met Gorbachev.
Has been inside a Nuclear Reactor.
Watched someone use a sledgehammer to push down a stuck nuclear control rod (made him not trust Nuclear Power seeing that).
Has made maps that have been in (and still are in one, which is now a Museum).
Once revealed that upper management wasn’t doing their jobs with a prank.
Will randomly point at things during drives and say “See that, that doesn’t officially exist”.
Has signed the Official Secrets act.
Has driven a car halfway up Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon).
Photographed the aftermath of an electrocution at a substation.
Watched the Scotland Secretary nearly send a message about Margaret Thatcher being a bitch to all the major papers.
Learnt First Aid, specially in case the UK got Nuked.
Has photographed the Queen multiple times.
Has photographed Jimmy Savile (yeah).
Has made me more or less distrustful of the government because he’s seen it from the inside.
So he was a civil servant (nothing big, photographer and graphic design dept, some of his maps are in a preserved nuclear bunker in Fife) and one day the nurses went on strike and he (despite not being a nurse) walked out in solidarity. He was dragged in front of his boss who told him he was now banned from any official honours, meaning he couldn’t become a Knight, get an OBE, CBE, MBE, get a George Cross or become a Lord.
why can his boss decide this?
He was a civil servant (aka, he worked for the Government directly in one of their departments), so she could do that. He has had an interesting life, he…
That’s a pretty based reason and way better than being a lord
That’s a much better unofficial honor imo
Oh right I hadn’t even considered that the titles would be British. I bet he gave as much of a rat’s ass as any other Scotsman would in that case 😂
I mean he’s Mancunian, but he has lived here longer than he has Down South and supports Scottish Independence.