A Waltham Forest Councillor has been included on the Queen’s Birthday Honours List.
Cllr Liaquat Ali, affectionately linked to the Meerkat television advert, has been made a member of the British Empire (MBE) for services to local government.
According to a government website “Anyone can be nominated, but only exceptional people are honoured.”
So what’s so exceptional about Cllr Ali?
Well, Cllr Ali is exceptional in his his ability to rack up allowances from public bodies, avoid legal action and wheedle himself into positions of power without any demonstrable abilities.
It seems to receive an honor from the Queen now only requires the personal attribution of being….simples!!!
What a total utter joke which cheapens MBEs… Not one single person locally whom I have spoken to about Ali’s MBE has not shaken their head in disbelief or burst into laughter (most commented on being unsure whether to laugh or cry, or if indeed it was a practical joke!)