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With a grand total of four appearances in his career for Liverpool, it wouldn't need much air-brushing!

You should probably try thinking less. It's not producing very good results. It often misses the point entirely.

They weren't given free health care, a good education (also free at the point of delivery too) and a good job playing football for a living either, were they? Of course, if they had been offered that, they should have turned it down on principle...................................

As was the abolition of slavery.

That of course is your opinion, and you're entitled to it. But it is not the reason Howard Gayle gave for turning down the award.

Apart from its notional use in the titles given to awards, we now refer to it as the Commonwealth. I suppose we could call it the Order of the British Commonwealth, but why bother. We have Knights of the Bath and Knights of the Thistle - but these awards have nothing to do with baths or...

We have moved on. Perhaps some (like Howard Gayle) haven't done so, or at least haven't accepted it.