Richard J. ) gurgled happily, sounding much like
they were saying :

- worth noting that many front line staff are honoured.

But with far lesser gongs. For doing far more.

Not sure how you measure that

Lemme see - how many people who got their hands covered in blood got CBEs?
Not one.

Three CBEs. Two to MDs, and one to a Chief Exec.

Those who actually risked their lives got (at best) MBEs. The "entry
level" award of the three. Several of those have been said in interviews
that they personally don't deserve it half as much as many of the people
who haven't received an award did.

The four OBEs went to people who very likely actually did something
directly. People whose responsibility the direct response was.

The MBEs went to people who certainly did plenty.

but you seem to be saying that
inspirational leadership in a major crisis is not very important.

I very much doubt that those who were actually doing the most had the time
to stop and listen to the "inspirational leadership" soundbites.