re: "Dishonoring the honours"

EURSOC is none too pleased at Sen. Kennedy's honorary knighthood.

Money quote(s):

"(T)he Queen will be expected to honour a man who supported the filth who murdered her husband's uncle, Lord Mountbatten; who attempted to murder her government, though succeeded in killing several government ministers; who murdered thousands of British subjects in their attempt to destroy her United Kingdom?"

re: "Nominating Senator Kennedy"

Charles Crawford at Blogoir ("This website makes available to the general public interesting episodes and insights from Charles Crawford's eventful diplomatic career, and aims to explain in a open-minded, reasonable way how diplomacy works in practice.") has a question about Sen. Kennedy's honorary knighthood.

"Did the recommendation give the Senator full and glowing credit for (as recorded by the KGB) talking to the Soviet Union to try to thwart President Reagan's policies? "