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Queen honours civil liberties and astro-boffins

Stefan Paetow

Does that make... 

Dame Edna now Dame Dame Edna?

:D

Steven Walker

Order of Merit 

This report could be read as saying that Salman Rusdhie and Barry Humphries have been awarded the Order of Merit along with Tim Berners-Lee.

In fact they were awarded a Knighthood and CBE respectively which are vastly inferior to Berners-Lee´s OM. I point this out not just to be pedantic but also to stress the importance of Berners-Lee's recognition.

John A Blackley

What to make...... 

of Salman Rushdie's honour? Poking the Islamofascists with a sharp stick?