Breaking the Code by Gyles Brandreth

Author:Gyles Brandreth [Gyles Brandreth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781849548182
Publisher: Biteback Publishing
Published: 2014-03-20T16:00:00+00:00

According to the ‘confidential’ paper I have before me, honours are given for ‘outstanding service (not for merely successfully filling a job for a long period)’; ‘it is unusual for a person with less than twenty years’ overall service to receive an honour’; ‘there should be very strong reasons for putting forward people in their thirties or early forties; if they are good enough at that age for an honour it is possible they will subsequently reach a position eligible for a higher honour’. You are unlikely to get a knighthood before you are fifty; you won’t be offered a second honour within five years of receiving your first; and if you are expecting your gong on retirement, if you don’t get it in the list immediately following your retirement, you’ve missed the boat. And keep your nose clean: ‘It is important that those recommended for awards have a private character which reflects the high standard expected of recipients of honours. Nor should there be anything in their past history which would make the person unsuitable to receive an honour.’

Marginals Club dinner with Jeremy Hanley. Everyone likes him (you couldn’t not), but the verdict of his peers is damning: he’s punch-drunk and he’s blown it.

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