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Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown refused to knight Steve Jobs because the sick Apple boss had turned down an invitation to address a labour Party conference.

According to a story in The Telegraph a former senior Labour MP has claimed he nominated Jobs for the honour for services to technology.

The former MP, who left Parliament at the last election, told The Telegraph: “Apple has been the only major global company to create stunning consumer products because it has always taken design as the key component of everything it has produced.

“No other CEO has consistently shown such a commitment.”

The MP says that Apple was aware of the proposal, and that it reached the final stages of approval before being rejected by PM Brown.

In 2005 Microsoft founder Bill Gates, arch rival to Jobs, was awarded an honorary knighthood.

Gates was awarded the title KBE, or Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, for his contribution to enterprise, employment, education and the voluntary sector in the UK, and for his efforts to reduce poverty in the developing world, including parts of the British Commonwealth.

At the time Times columnist John Noughton described the award as “absurd”: "The news will raise hollow laughs from those familiar with Microsoft's baleful effect on the software industry worldwide. And it will puzzle those who wonder what his precise contribution has been to UK enterprise.”

In November 2006 Apple's head of design, the British-born Jonathan Ive, collected his CBE from Her Majesty the Queen in London.

Ive is now rumoured to be leaving Apple so he can return to the UK with his family.

The unnamed former MP claims he was told by Downing Street that the decision was related to a failed attempt to attract Mr Jobs to Labour’s annual conference, states The Telegraph.

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.c ... ID=3263125

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Why the [LIFTED] are we knighting people who aren't British citizens!? :?

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Why the [LIFTED] are we knighting people who aren't British citizens!? :?

So the political elite can get jobs as consultants/directors when they are kicked out of power

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Why the [LIFTED] are we knighting people who aren't British citizens!? :?


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Why the [LIFTED] are we knighting people who aren't British citizens!? :?


+eleventymillions


Why does it matter?

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Why the [LIFTED] are we knighting people who aren't British citizens!? :?


+eleventymillions


Why does it matter?


In the grand scheme of things, it doesnt. But that's still how I feel.

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I bet Jobs is absolutely despondent.

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Brown is yet another colossal knobhead™

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Brown is yet another colossal knobhead™

I thought he was open-sores?

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This is a non-story.

1 - Steve Jobs has more things to worry about than whether or not he had a Knighthood. Personally, I have too - but my worries aren’t as grim as his. Move on.

2 - The Media is currently rushing to write obituaries - if the BBC isn’t putting together a programme about him right now, I’d be very surprised. Folk, this is “Death Watch” mode.

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This is a non-story.

1 - Steve Jobs has more things to worry about than whether or not he had a Knighthood. Personally, I have too - but my worries aren’t as grim as his. Move on.

2 - The Media is currently rushing to write obituaries - if the BBC isn’t putting together a programme about him right now, I’d be very surprised. Folk, this is “Death Watch” mode.

1. agreed
2. Anyone considered famous enough will allready have their obituary written.
Wasnt there a kufful a few years ago when SJ's ob was accidently published?

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I suppose the press are waiting like vultures to see if Steve makes an appearance at the iPad 2 launch which is today.

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I suppose the press are waiting like vultures to see if Steve makes an appearance at the iPad 2 launch which is today.


I would imagine that a no-show would add fuel to the fire. Apple Shareholders will no doubt yelp for a succession plan - despite rejecting one put forward by Apple last month.

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I suppose the press are waiting like vultures to see if Steve makes an appearance at the iPad 2 launch which is today.
I suppose the press are waiting like vultures to see if the iPad 2 makes an appearance at the iPad 2 launch which is today.
It'd be more shocking if the iPad 2 wasn't present. (8+)

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Paul1965 wrote:
I suppose the press are waiting like vultures to see if Steve makes an appearance at the iPad 2 launch which is today.
I suppose the press are waiting like vultures to see if the iPad 2 makes an appearance at the iPad 2 launch which is today.
It'd be more shocking if the iPad 2 wasn't present. (8+)

It'd be way more shocking if the iPad 2 wasn't rectangular.

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