Gordon Brown refused to knighthood to Steve Jobs

It turns out that Gordon Brown, the former prime minister of Great Britain, denied Steve Jobs knighthood and the title "Knight of the British Empire", because the latter refused to speak at a Labor conference, where he was invited as a special guest.

At least the British thinks The Telegraph , which names only one, pardon the pun, an anonymous former member of parliament who witnessed what happened in 2009. Jobs was put on the list of awards for achievements in technology, and Apple was aware of what was happening.
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Rewarding did not happen.

“Former Member of Parliament was told from Downing Street (English synonym for White House, Downing Street 10 is the residence of the Prime Minister) that the decision to refuse was due to an unsuccessful attempt to attract Mr. Jobs to the annual Labor Party Conference,” wrote the Telegraph, “ Considering his status as a superstar of business and technology, such an appearance would be credited to Mr. Brown. ”

Brown failed to achieve re-election next year. Whether this is due to the absence of Jobs in the lower house of parliament is a controversial issue. But the reputation of the former prime minister suffered more than once.

Knights are appointed by the monarchy, but in practice the order bearers are chosen by the public government. The process is completely non-transparent - the office of Mr. Brown did not comment on the question of The Telegraph, therefore, what distance the name of the ideologist Apple walked through the offices of the ministry can only be guessed.

But, the attempt counts. At least because another IT titan, Bill Gates, was awarded in 2005. Their mutual acquaintance Bono from U2 is also in shiny armor.

Because Steve is not a British subject; his theoretical knighthood would not oblige everyone around him to call him “Sir Steve,” although many probably do on the One Infinite Loop . Other knight bonuses are not so brilliant: "KBE" is the name and interview with the Queen of England.

They say that when Gates talked with Queen Elizabeth, they discussed the use of computers at home, the Gates Foundation, as well as tourist travel.

Jobs could at least tell Her Royal Majesty how to use the iPod Obama gave her in 2009.

Wired via Engadget via Telegraph