You can tell a Yorkshire Man, but can’t tell him anything....
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[Cricket] Sir Geoffrey Boycott
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You can tell a Yorkshire Man, but can’t tell him anything....
Bold Seagull
strong and stable with me, or...
Classic Partridge.
Lenny Rider
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- Sep 15, 2010
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One of them was former girlfriend and local Worthing legend, Shirley Western lead singer of the Shirley Western Showband.
In all seriousness I think a few people are being a little bit harsh on Sir Geoffrey, whilst I can't condone any form of domestic violence, everybody makes mistakes, clearly no one is perfect, and if you look down the list of 'Sirs' in this country, both past and present, I'm sure loads of them have done far worse and not been criticised in any way close to what Boycott has in the last 24 hours.
Palacefinder General
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- Apr 5, 2019
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Vaguely akin to Milli Vanilli winning the Grammy they desperately didn’t want to win as it exposed them to unwanted scrutiny and their fall from grace, not that’d I’d compare lip syncing to domestic violence of course.
Medwayseagull
JCB
I have just watched the ITV documentary about Gordon Banks. As this country continues to use such outdated ways of recognising achievement how the hell did he not get a knighthood while this mysoginistic embarrassment of a man gets one.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
Domestic violence is not a mistake, it is a crime.
Palacefinder General
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I was going to comment that punching someone in the face 20 times can hardly be called ‘a mistake’ and Boycott’s ‘it was 25 years ago’ defence is equally unsavoury.
Lenny Rider
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As this develops I've getting the feeling that he could end up having it taken away due to a sustained media campaign that seems to be gathering momentum.
Probably please a few people on here, but would it be fair when all said and done?
Probably please a few people on here, but would it be fair when all said and done?
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
Since when has the honours system been fair?
Personally speaking - yes it would be fair. Would have been far better had he not made the list in the first place, though.
Look at it from an individual point of view. If a guy punched YOUR daughter 20 times in the face, how would you then feel about him being later honoured in such a way? I suspect that you then wouldn't think him being good at sport, would make up for his past 'mistake'.
METALMICKY
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Anyone care to address my earlier question?
clapham_gull
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- Aug 20, 2003
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Well it was blocked before when Theresa May nominated him, so I'm not sure what has changed. She appears to have a bit of an obsession with him.
At the end of the day he is an elephant sized knob end whose cricket career ended years ago.
They can put anything at the start of his name, but can't stop everyone else putting a couple of words at the end.
Mackenzie
Old Brightonian
I guess the difference is that Boycott was found guilty of assault and Stokes not guilty of affray.
The thing is he didn’t belt her did he. She was a silly drunken bint who got her own back because of his....... well you know the story. Alleged he hit her twenty times .... yeah right.
I assume you'd be as forgiving if it had been Amy he'd smashed around ?