Seb Coe

1994-96 Parliamentary Private Secretary to Roger Freeman, MP, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
1995 Parliamentary Private Secretary to Nicholas Soames, MP, Minister for the Armed Forces
1996 Parliamentary Private Secretary to Michael Heseltine, MP, Deputy Prime Minister
1997 Appointed Government Whip
1997-to date Sport for All Commission, International Olympic Committee
1997-2001 Appointed Private Secretary to the Leader of the Opposition (Rt Hon William Hague, MP)
1998 British Sports Writer’s Award for ‘Most Outstanding Contribution to Sport in the last 50 years’
1999 2000 Commission International Olympic Committee
1999 Appointed Chairman of Fast Track Ltd
1999 Appointed President of the Amateur Athletic Association
2000 Elevated to The House of Lords, The Lord Coe, OBE
Think it definately a case of who you know and not what you know.

Must admit I always loved Steve Evett beating him (hope I got the spelling right)

 

So who thinks Tichmarsh will be next?

Seems to be spending a lot of time crawling around royalty.

 

AND he`s talking posher Pete.:lollol::lollol::gnthb:

 

No, no I dont agree, he still talks the same.
Throws in a bit of Yorkshire now and then, Ee by gum.

 

Least with Titchmarsh, he's one of those blokes who you might want to have a pint with down at the local.

 

But, Martin, what has he ACTUALLY done?

 

Being Welsh, I am better qualified to discern ENGLISH dialects. Alan Titchmarsh dumped his Yorkshire accent the day his first novel was published. He now speaks ESTUARY.:rotfl::rotfl:

 

Actually...you could ask what that old fraud Alan Sugar did to first get knighted, then to get enobled...even if it is only a life peer.

Give me the hereditary peers any day. At least they have a good reason for their titles - one of their ancestors was either a brigand, a mass murderer (led an army into battle against the enemy), supported the king/queen with either money or soldiers...or was the illegitimate son of a king! They're a lot more fun when you meet them as well!

 

Marley,You could say the same about Lyn Davies, though he still lives in South Wales. :gnthb:

 

Who's Lyn Davies?

 

You have never heard of Lyn The Leap?

 

No, sorry.
Hang on, was he a long jumper in the 60s or 70s?