Colonel Tom Moore is knighted!

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Just seen on breaking news!

I’m so happy for him

I squealed when they announced it. Such a wonderful man.

I did wonder if this would happen, but I definitely had something in my eye when I read this - bless him!

Excellent. I was hoping he would be.

Brilliant! Delighted for him

Yay 👏🏻

We needed some good news! Really pleased.

Brilliant news. Totally deserved

Ahh that's lovely to hear.

That is great news.

Oh, what fantastic news!

I'm so pleased this is happening

Woohoo!! Thoroughly well deserved

Brilliant news.

I'm thrilled for him, that's great!

Awesome

What a year he is having.

Promotion
Knighthood
100th birthday
And thanks and adoration of millions of people

What a fantastic and special man. We deserved.

I'm delighted if it makes him happy, but it does feel uncomfortably like a cynical piece of populism by Johnson and Cummings.

im pleased

No it's not populism.
Look what he achieved at his age.
I would much rather he got knighted than some charlatans ....
Looking at you Philip Green !

@judycoolibar I agree. It’s not that I don’t think he deserves it, it just feels like a cynical move to create a news story that will distract from the real story, which is the government’s complete mismanagement of this crisis.

I was glad to read it had made Colonel Tom happy, but I'm afraid in the wider sense it's simply bread and circuses to distract from the utter shambles that has been the government's response to the pandemic.

What else could they do though? Compound the failures by refusing to acknowledge the amazing efforts of individuals?

Wonderful news and very well deserved. If you think anything else then you're a miserable twat

Great way to bury bad news about the handling of covid. lovely for him but this is the equivalent of throwing a dead cat onto the table when a meeting is going badly.....