Rejected petition To remove all reference to empire in the UK honours system eg MBE, OBE etc

For new recipients the honour currently represented by the award Member / Order / Commander of the British Empire, should be changed to a nomenclature that better represents the beliefs, aspirations and loyalties of the current diverse UK population.

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Firstly the British Empire no longer exists.
Secondly many people find the concept of empire and the memory of what the counties of the empire suffered deeply offensive.
Thirdly if the honour is to have any meaning today it should embody current concepts and values that unite the citizens of this country

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Date submitted 13 June 2020
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