Honours system reform urged
Too many honours are awarded to politicians, celebrities and civil servants rather than to people who devote time and effort to their local communities, MPs said today.
Duncan Goodhew asks 'why put a quota on excellence?'
Former Olympic swimmer Duncan Alexander Goodhew MBE, told ITV News that you cannot put "a quote on excellence" and that the honours systems provides a means of rewarding people who volunteer their time for free.
Alexander won Olympic gold and bronze for Great Britain at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
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