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I was just wandering if anyone can throw any light on the fact that Mr Whelan has once again been overlooked in the honours list. I would have thought he would have been recognised by now for his life time achievements in industry and charity. I think he should have had a knighthood sometime ago when you look at some who receive them.
There has been far worse things said than what Mr Whelan said that’s for sure.a certain mayor Mr Khan. And that racist Diane abbot….?
There has been far worse things said than what Mr Whelan said that’s for sure.a certain mayor Mr Khan. And that racist Diane abbot….?So basically, two people who aren’t white?
Go on: elaborate?
I don’t need to .You do the research.you got more time on your hands.by the way where is your side kick..?.
I don’t need to .You do the research.you got more time on your hands.by the way where is your side kick..?.I wanted to hear what you’d found so offensive about they’d been doing or saying.
My side-kick? Do you mean Griff? He doesn’t even come on here to lurk these days.
They all tried to brand sir dave as a racist.ffs.lets just look over the wall at the bigger picture. Fairplay to griff.bet he doesn’t miss coming on ere either.lol.
They all tried to brand sir dave as a racist.ffs.lets just look over the wall at the bigger picture. Fairplay to griff.bet he doesn’t miss coming on ere either.lol.I don’t believe Dave Whelan is racist but he unwittingly made some racist remarks which received high-profile media coverage making it highly unlikely he will ever be honoured.
They all tried to brand sir dave as a racist.ffs.lets just look over the wall at the bigger picture. Fairplay to griff.bet he doesn’t miss coming on ere either.lol.What on earth are you going on about?!
Dianne Abbott and Sadiq Khan didn’t get involved in the Whelan Saga! Are you thinking of Lisa Nandy? She did.
They all tried to brand sir dave as a racist.ffs.lets just look over the wall at the bigger picture. Fairplay to griff.bet he doesn’t miss coming on ere either.lol.
I don’t believe Dave Whelan is racist but he unwittingly made some racist remarks which received high-profile media coverage making it highly unlikely he will ever be honoured.[/quote]
Get what your saying Sammy and I too doubt he will ever be honoured but I wouldn’t say racist remarks but totally inappropriate silly comments that he somehow made into racial issues.
It seems that most people at the Beeb knew of the vile antics of a certain Yorkshire man dating back to the sixties. They somehow Fixed it for him to still be be knighted.
TBH, Uncle Dave only really means so much to Wigan folk and we all know that our exploits under Sir David are well and truly forgotten by the rest of the sporting media who lets face it would have rather it never happened at all. The man can do no wrong in my eyes but I doubt that alone is enough to get the great man his just deserts.
“TBH, Uncle Dave only really means so much to Wigan folk and we all know that our exploits under Sir David are well and truly forgotten by the rest of the sporting media who lets face it would have rather it never happened at all. The man can do no wrong in my eyes but I doubt that alone is enough to get the great man his just deserts.[/quote]
All very true!! There are some very deserving people who get honours, and some equally un- deserving ones!! For some it is little more than an “in house pat on the back for their mates” (Clegg).
Mind you, he has been a donor of considerable amounts to the Tory party for quite a while – so his chances are increased.
As you say, and I agree, in my Wigan-esque blue tinted eyes Sir DW (Lord) can do no wrong. So let’s give him a knighthood, make him a Lord (he already is one) OBE, MBE and a Dame for ‘services to WAFC and the people who have got a stacka fun from following the team’.
That alone is more deserving that quite a few others.
They all tried to brand sir dave as a racist.ffs.lets just look over the wall at the bigger picture. Fairplay to griff.bet he doesn’t miss coming on ere either.lol.
I don’t believe Dave Whelan is racist but he unwittingly made some racist remarks which received high-profile media coverage making it highly unlikely he will ever be honoured.[/quote]
Get what your saying Sammy and I too doubt he will ever be honoured but I wouldn’t say racist remarks but totally inappropriate silly comments that he somehow made into racial issues.
It seems that most people at the Beeb knew of the vile antics of a certain Yorkshire man dating back to the sixties. They somehow Fixed it for him to still be be knighted.
TBH, Uncle Dave only really means so much to Wigan folk and we all know that our exploits under Sir David are well and truly forgotten by the rest of the sporting media who lets face it would have rather it never happened at all. The man can do no wrong in my eyes but I doubt that alone is enough to get the great man his just deserts.[/quote]
Yes, silly comments, but can be considered offensive to ethnic groups.
It’s ludicrous to compare what Whelan said to anything linked with Savile so I don’t accept the analogy you’re trying to make there.
Whelan isn’t universally liked by Wigan folk either. Many despise the man for both valid and irrational reasons. I have never crossed the man’s path so I am indifferent to whatever reputation might precede him. However, I do thank him for taking the club to heights I could only have dreamed of prior to his involvement.
Whether that in itself is deserving of being honoured is a debatable issue.Point I was trying to make Sammy is that your earlier post indicated that because of his comments and media backlash it will probably cost him an honour. It hasn’t affected a lot of people who have been honored who have been guilty of far worse misdemeanors. All of which were well documented and publicly known long before the knighthoods were dished out.
Point I was trying to make Sammy is that your earlier post indicated that because of his comments and media backlash it will probably cost him an honour. It hasn’t affected a lot of people who have been honored who have been guilty of far worse misdemeanors. All of which were well documented and publicly known long before the knighthoods were dished out.I doubt anyone else being publicly denounced in the way Whelan was will be honoured afterwards.
I’m afraid his verbal misdemeanours outweigh his contributions to retail success or sporting achievement.
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