The difference between our system and that which awarded Idi Amin his VC and PhD is not as great as some would like to believe, and the better democracies do not award “honours”.
As a priest in the same parish for 35 years I saw that local awards went to those who made the greatest fanfare, so I think the system is irredeemable from top to bottom and should go.
(Rev) John Cameron
Howard Place
St Andrews