New Year Honours: London list includes ex-gang member

New Year Honours: London list includes ex-gang member

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A former gang member related to a schoolboy's killers is among the London figures listed in the New Year Honours.

Chris Preddie, 24, is appointed OBE for his youth work, having abandoned drug-dealing and turned his life around after his brother was shot dead.

He said he "never knew" his cousins Danny and Ricky, who stabbed Damilola Taylor in Peckham, south London.

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This is rather unusual. The Queen`s awards at the end of the year are for several groups of people i.e. leaders of industry, celebrities and ordinary folk who are often unsung heroes.

A Queen`s award has been given this year - for not drug-dealing?

I am afraid the leaders of the UK are going a bit batty in order to have multiculture accepted.

It reminds me of Chris Rock`s Black People versus Niggaz video from Bring the Pain in 1996

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As Chris would say - you are not supposed to deal-drugs you dumb m*****-f*****. Why did he get the award?

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Originally posted by dr treg
A Queen`s award has been given this year - for not drug-dealing?

Chris Preddie, 24, is appointed OBE for his youth work, having abandoned drug-dealing and turned his life around after his brother was shot dead.