The presenter has been named in the New Year’s Honours for 2018
BBC RADIO London presenter Eddie Nestor said it is an “absolute honour” to receive an MBE in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours List.
The 53-year-old broadcaster, actor and comedian from Hackney, East London, has presented BBC Radio London’s Drivetime programme since 2003.
He said: “It is an absolute honour to receive this wonderful award. To be gifted the opportunity to reach out and touch people’s lives through the radio is something I could only have dreamed of.
“I’ve always believed in charity but when I had cancer in 2007, I made a deal (with whomever) that if I survived, I would do something every year to raise money for worthy causes. They include climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, running the London marathon, jumping from a plane, and doing a six-pack challenge. Ten years on this is unbelievable. What a thing to be able to share with your children.”
Listen to Eddie Nestor on BBC Radio London weekdays 4.00-7.00pm on 94.9FM, digital and www.bbc.co.uk/london
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Why should you be “absolute honour” to receive an honour when Her Majesty Subjects of African-heritage are clearly dishonoured; marginalised and neglected by all the great institutions of England?
The African-Caribbean heritage Subjects who were illegally exiled to the Caribbean by Her Majesty’s Home Office in 2018, are still waiting to be compensated. Many have already died without receiving justice.
Perhaps the real reason you have been selected for an MBE is because you would never mention uncomfortable historical issues that would cause great discomfort and distress to England’s ruling elites.
People who speak truth to power are never given Royal Awards in England.