Andrew de Freitas given MBE in New Year Honours

For "services to the community and local government in North East Lincolnshire" apparently.

I didn't think holding back the district's biggest community sporting asset really qualified personally.

Can a foreigner be given an MBE? I thought it was commonweath countries at least?

        

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Question  ,   who nominated the bloke ?

I thought he was the man who was at the centre of losing £3M of  taxpayers money in the Icelandic banks fiasco so how does he get an award like this and who nominated him? People wonder why Grimsby has problems when the public elect the 4 below at various levels

De Freitas
Shaw
Mitchell
Mickelbrough

Quoted from 1mickylyons

I thought he was the man who was at the centre of losing £3M of  taxpayers money in the Icelandic banks fiasco so how does he get an award like this and who nominated him? People wonder why Grimsby has problems when the public elect the 4 below at various levels

De Freitas
Shaw
Mitchell
Mickelbrough

Micklebrough being voted in as a Councillor is enough to make me give up on democracy. In fact, I am now a Communist.

Quoted from 1mickylyons

I thought he was the man who was at the centre of losing £3M of  taxpayers money in the Icelandic banks fiasco so how does he get an award like this and who nominated him? People wonder why Grimsby has problems when the public elect the 4 below at various levels

De Freitas
Shaw
Mitchell
Mickelbrough

Says more about the public.

the queen will be conned if she gives this buffoon an MBE.

Don't know what's more shocking...DeFreitas or James Corden

Complete joke.  The man has done nothing for the town over the years and has actively hampered any development in the area.  

I'd rather see people like the bloke who ran the youth club on Skint getting a gong.  Unfortunately, political types know how the honours nomination process works and how to get gongs for their mates.  I've even been to a local political party meeting where an old lady complained that her MBE post-nominals were left off her name on the minutes of a previous meeting.  These are the sort of people we're dealing with here.

TOTW candidate if ever there was one

The people that work hard running places like the Shalom youth centre etc never get any recognition like this. Granted, the vast majority are humble and don't donit for awards but it would be nice to see them get something.

Sadly because they help the 'poor' people politicians and the like don't care and dicks like De Fraitus get the plaudits even though losing £3m of public money is seemingly ok and hindering any real development of a town crying out for it...

De freitas does work hard. He is always out and about in his ward, probably more than any other councillor(?)

My main gripe with him is that rather than listening to the people he represents and acting accordingly he makes his own mind up and then goes round ramming his thoughts down other peoples throats.

Quoted from BIGChris

De freitas does work hard. He is always out and about in his ward, probably more than any other councillor(?)

My main gripe with him is that rather than listening to the people he represents and acting accordingly he makes his own mind up and then goes round ramming his thoughts down other peoples throats.

Personally I think he's within his rights to complain about the stadium if he genuinely believes it's not in his constituents' best interests (I don't agree with him). My main gripe is the £7m he lost in that Icelandic bank despite being warned that it was not a safe investment. He should be held personally liable for that negligence. How he has got an MBE is beyond me.

About honours list was ditched or changed to giving them to people who help their local community

Quoted from gtfc98

Personally I think he's within his rights to complain about the stadium if he genuinely believes it's not in his constituents' best interests (I don't agree with him). My main gripe is the £7m he lost in that Icelandic bank despite being warned that it was not a safe investment. He should be held personally liable for that negligence. How he has got an MBE is beyond me.

I wasn't referring to the stadium, just his general stance on things having lived in Park ward for the last 20 years.

I agree about the Icelandic bank scandal. Done in best interests and all that BUT when things go mammaries up I'd expect someone to carry the can not be honoured!,

Quoted from HackneyHaddock

Complete joke.  The man has done nothing for the town over the years and has actively hampered any development in the area.  

I'd rather see people like the bloke who ran the youth club on Skint getting a gong.  Unfortunately, political types know how the honours nomination process works and how to get gongs for their mates.  I've even been to a local political party meeting where an old lady complained that her MBE post-nominals were left off her name on the minutes of a previous meeting.  These are the sort of people we're dealing with here.

He already has...and recognition from the Church of England

Quoted from aldi_01

The people that work hard running places like the Shalom youth centre etc never get any recognition like this. Granted, the vast majority are humble and don't donit for awards but it would be nice to see them get something.

Sadly because they help the 'poor' people politicians and the like don't care and dicks like De Fraitus get the plaudits even though losing £3m of public money is seemingly ok and hindering any real development of a town crying out for it...

See my previous response..

MBE. Member of the Order of the British Empire. Well, they have certainly awarded it to a First Class Member this time.

Quoted from barralad

He already has...and recognition from the Church of England

I wasn't aware, but very pleased to hear he has been.  Thanks, barralad.