2019 saw Ms. Vennells receive the honor, but in the wake of the Post Office crisis, she faced harsh criticism.
The announcement of the action was made on the Cabinet Office website, which also disclosed that Wiley, a.k.a. Richard Cowie, the grime artist, had his MBE revoked for “bringing the honours system into disrepute”.
In 2020, he declared he would return his honor after making derogatory remarks about Jews on social media, calling them “cowards and snakes” and drawing comparisons between them and the Ku Klux Klan.
In the past, he was also the target of a police wanted appeal due to accusations of beating assault and burglary.
