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Originally Posted by M5theonlyone
Not quite there then? so how about this, living in tax free havens while we brits have to pay through the nose in taxes or be hounded by the irs.
I daresay the knighting system is a closed shop and should have been overhauled some time ago. If you are not a UK resident and don't pay taxes here then no award and that goes for all sports personalities and others.This really should be put to the people.
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Except Hamilton does pay Taxes to the UK...IIRC he is in the top 5000 of UK tax payers.
Plus there are no end of gong recipients who smuggle their cash abroad into some pretty dubious off shore accounts.
There is quite a fair deal of borderline corruption in the system where far less deserving people receive honours...Hamilton, a Brit, is fully worthy of his, regardless of where he lives.