Gavin Williamson knighthood shames honours system, insults teachers and epitomises Boris Johnson’s tawdry government – The Yorkshire Post says

By YP Comment
Published 4th Mar 2022, 16:15 BST
There's fury at Boris Johnson's decision to award a knighthood to Gavin Williamson, the former Education Secretary.There's fury at Boris Johnson's decision to award a knighthood to Gavin Williamson, the former Education Secretary.
There's fury at Boris Johnson's decision to award a knighthood to Gavin Williamson, the former Education Secretary.
given how The Yorkshire Post became the first newspaper in January 2020 to demand the sacking of Scarborough-born Gavin Williamson, it is unsurprising that there’s no explanation for the Government’s tawdry decision to knight the ex-Education Secretary.

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As war ravages in Ukraine, it’s perplexing that Boris Johnson found time to honour an imbecile of a politician previously sacked as Defence Secretary by Theresa May for compromising national security. Why – or was it part of a cynical ploy to ‘buy’ Mr Williamson’s silence?

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Fury over Gavin Williamson knighthood; Yorkshire Post readers react to disgraced ex-Education Secretary’s reward for failure and claim it is a ‘callous’ new low by Boris Johnson

There's fury at Boris Johnson's decision to award a knighthood to Gavin Williamson, the former Education Secretary, who was born in Scarborough.There's fury at Boris Johnson's decision to award a knighthood to Gavin Williamson, the former Education Secretary, who was born in Scarborough.
There's fury at Boris Johnson's decision to award a knighthood to Gavin Williamson, the former Education Secretary, who was born in Scarborough.

Either way, it is an insult that undermines the honours system and besmirches the knighthoods, and awards, handed to individuals of integrity who serve Britain with distinction.

People like teachers – the profession ruined by Mr Williamson whose incompetence in office has only been matched by his shameless desire to become Sir Gavin since being relieved of his duties last September.

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