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As much as it’ll wind some people up, the answer is yes.
It’ll probably be after he retires...and if he gets more heavily involved with the grass roots stuff (which he is currently starting). He should get involved with the GPDA but he has other priorities...fashion, etc.
When you look at other F1 knighthoods, Moss, Stewart, Surtees, they’ve done a lot for the sport outside of competing.
At the standards they use, yes he should. I disagree with the honours list anyway but even so, why do we honour people for services to sport? How is it a service to anybody? He's not doing it out of altruism, the kindness of his heart or to help the poor. He's doing it because he enjoys it and it makes him very rich.
Marcus Rashford deserves his honour more.
Or maybe Hamilton does a lot for charity that I've missed?
There should be a new honour maybe, The UK excellence medal for outstanding achievement. Knighthoods, BEM's MBE's OBE's, they are all outdated, pontless and a throwback to Empire and beyond that we can well do without....shall I start on royalty next?
He should be given a knighthood and probably will do after he retires likely next year. If (when ) he wins the world title this year he will be the oldest to win the world title since Damon Hill in 1996. It is a young mans game these days unlike the last century. His achievements are incredible and if other sports people get knighted why shouldnt he.
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Should Lewis Hamilton receive a Knighthood ? on 09:41 - Oct 27 with 870 views
The very idea of knighthoods disgust me but if they are recognition of achievement then he should definately have one ,although given they are Empire based it would be hypocritical of him to accept. How can anyone of colour accept an award from a Crown that had an Empire which colonised Africa. Hypocrisy.
Should Lewis Hamilton receive a Knighthood ? on 09:41 - Oct 27 by onehunglow
The very idea of knighthoods disgust me but if they are recognition of achievement then he should definately have one ,although given they are Empire based it would be hypocritical of him to accept. How can anyone of colour accept an award from a Crown that had an Empire which colonised Africa. Hypocrisy.
I think you will find many black people have accepted honours from the UK over the years. They recognise the opportunity that the UK has given them and have taken that opportunity to achieve to give them and their families a better life. There will always be people who fail to take that opportunity and continually see themselves as victims.
Should Lewis Hamilton receive a Knighthood ? on 09:51 - Oct 27 by felixstowe_jack
I think you will find many black people have accepted honours from the UK over the years. They recognise the opportunity that the UK has given them and have taken that opportunity to achieve to give them and their families a better life. There will always be people who fail to take that opportunity and continually see themselves as victims.
Back in the days of Empire we were all victims though. If you weren't in the top few tiers of society back then you were no more than a tool to be used.
Given Hamilton's BLM views maybe he should turn down any offer of any honour and publicly say why? I'd have more respect for him if he did turn any honour down. I bet he takes one if offered though.
I like to think I say no thanks but I'll never know!
Anyway, Royalty is as outdated as Empire, time to get rid. After the Queen we should let them all drift. Take what wealth they've got and be private citizens with all palaces becoming tourist attractions.
Should Lewis Hamilton receive a Knighthood ? on 10:46 - Oct 27 by Catullus
Back in the days of Empire we were all victims though. If you weren't in the top few tiers of society back then you were no more than a tool to be used.
Given Hamilton's BLM views maybe he should turn down any offer of any honour and publicly say why? I'd have more respect for him if he did turn any honour down. I bet he takes one if offered though.
I like to think I say no thanks but I'll never know!
Anyway, Royalty is as outdated as Empire, time to get rid. After the Queen we should let them all drift. Take what wealth they've got and be private citizens with all palaces becoming tourist attractions.
You sound a bit like henry VIII. He started the dissolution of the monastries promising to return the money to the people, which if course he did not do. Once they monastries were closed thousands of people who work on monastic lands were left in poverty.
Should Lewis Hamilton receive a Knighthood ? on 13:12 - Oct 27 by felixstowe_jack
You sound a bit like henry VIII. He started the dissolution of the monastries promising to return the money to the people, which if course he did not do. Once they monastries were closed thousands of people who work on monastic lands were left in poverty.
Well we could become a Republic and have either Trump or Biden/Harris as heads of state . Now that would be fun and certainly shake up the establishment
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Should Lewis Hamilton receive a Knighthood ? on 15:21 - Oct 27 with 754 views
Should Lewis Hamilton receive a Knighthood ? on 13:12 - Oct 27 by felixstowe_jack
You sound a bit like henry VIII. He started the dissolution of the monastries promising to return the money to the people, which if course he did not do. Once they monastries were closed thousands of people who work on monastic lands were left in poverty.
Should Lewis Hamilton receive a Knighthood ? on 09:51 - Oct 27 by felixstowe_jack
I think you will find many black people have accepted honours from the UK over the years. They recognise the opportunity that the UK has given them and have taken that opportunity to achieve to give them and their families a better life. There will always be people who fail to take that opportunity and continually see themselves as victims.
Sums it up nicely.
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Should Lewis Hamilton receive a Knighthood ? on 17:10 - Oct 27 with 719 views
King Arthur had Knights mun and he didn't have an empire (yeah, he's most probably mythical but its a really old award), so that has no connection with the British Empire... they also award them in the Caribbean, like Sir Viv Richards.
Its odd that he hasn't had one already, Andy Murray hasn't retired but he got awarded one.
Should Lewis Hamilton receive a Knighthood ? on 17:22 - Oct 27 by Professor
Fine- as long as the likes of James Dyson, Jim Ratcliffe, Richard Branson all return theirs too.
If getting to be very rich is reason to be honoured then lottery winners should be knighted too! Do away with the enoblements and have a new civil honour which you can only get for services of genuine good.
There are plenty of charity workers out there who deserve rewarding more than Lewis..or Branson.
On achievement alone you certainly couldn’t begrudge him one. To put it into context he’s recently beaten Michael Schumacher’s record for race wins. The third place guy has almost half the number of wins. Those two are so far out in front in a highly competitive industry where you can get dumped or shunted off to nascar or something just for losing one hundredth of a second in reaction times. I never thought I’d see anyone get near Schumacher’s record.
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Hamilton really gets under my skin for his antics but as a sportsman/f1 driver? Yeah he’s class. Still think Schumacher was better, he was challenged more than Hamilton ever was during his career and there’s the question would LH agave won so much if it weren’t for Merc? Yes I know Ferrari had a real era of dominance in the early 2000’s but he was already a 3 time champ before Ferraris true dominance period.
In short yes absolutely he should, whether he will accept it though is about her thing..
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Should Lewis Hamilton receive a Knighthood ? on 20:56 - Oct 27 with 646 views
Should Lewis Hamilton receive a Knighthood ? on 09:41 - Oct 27 by onehunglow
The very idea of knighthoods disgust me but if they are recognition of achievement then he should definately have one ,although given they are Empire based it would be hypocritical of him to accept. How can anyone of colour accept an award from a Crown that had an Empire which colonised Africa. Hypocrisy.
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Should Lewis Hamilton receive a Knighthood ? on 09:41 - Oct 27 by onehunglow
The very idea of knighthoods disgust me but if they are recognition of achievement then he should definately have one ,although given they are Empire based it would be hypocritical of him to accept. How can anyone of colour accept an award from a Crown that had an Empire which colonised Africa. Hypocrisy.
Many have likes of Viv Richards, Everton Weekes and Gary Sobers amongst others come to mind. No reason for any black person not to but it is his choice.
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