Knighthood
An insight into Sir Thomas’s loyalty to the Labour Party was his refusal to accept a knighthood when it was offered him by the National Prime Minister Keith Hoiyoake but later accepted nomination at the suggestion of the Labour Prime Minister Norman Kirk. “Mr Kirk wanted to spread the honours to a wider section of the community. It was my close association with him that prompted me to accept it when he made the offer.” Co-incidentally, it was the former national secretary of the Plumbers Union (Sir Leon Hadley) who was the first unionist knighted. Sir Leon is still the secretary of the Photo-Engravers Union but was the longest-serving member of the F.O.L. executive.
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Press, 19 April 1979, Page 19
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115Knighthood Press, 19 April 1979, Page 19
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