“Gordon Brown blocked an honorary knighthood for Apple founder Steve Jobs, it has emerged,” Christopher Williams reports for The Telegraph.
“The then-Prime Minister refused to knight Mr Jobs in 2009 because he turned down an invitation to speak at the Labour Party conference, a former senior Labour MP said,” Williams reports.
“Mr Jobs was put forward for the honour by the MP for services to technology,” Williams reports. “Apple was aware of the proposal, [the former MP] said, and it reached the final stages of approval, but was rejected by Downing Street.”
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MacDailyNews Take: No surprise here as Steve Jobs doesn’t strike us as being very big on the whole quid pro quo thing. When presented with the terms of the “deal,” he likely told Brown precisely where to place The Queen’s sword.
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