Adrian wrote:
Paul Corfield ) gurgled happily, sounding much like
they were saying :

Tim is the only MD I have worked for who I feel is true leader - i.e.
someone who knows where he wants to go and you feel you want to go with
him. You only have to listen to him speak.

I remember seeing him briefly on the telly in a newsagent as I bought
some water for the (long) walk home on 7 July - he was speaking sense
and I felt very proud on what was a traumatic day.

Excellent. So LU has an MD who is actually competent at his job and worth
his salary. But does that mean he should get a fairly serious gong for
doing his job? Yes, very unusual and testing circumstances - but I would
imagine they were a damn sight more testing for a lot of the staff who
didn't get gongs.

There is a common misconception that honours only go to people as a
result of exception events or circumstances. MBEs and other similar
awards are routinely handed out for people after a lifetime of, "doing
their job" - think of various actors who get them at some point in
their career - although in exceptional circumstances they might get
them "early" as a result of handling something more unexpected.