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  The best of Alan Cumming's views on Scottish independence

  SCOTTISH actor Alan Cumming has long been a keen supporter and campaigner of independence, regularly using his platform to promote his views on his home country.

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  Alan Cumming returns OBE over ‘toxicity’ of British Empire

  The actor Alan Cumming has returned the OBE he received in 2009 because he no longer wants to be associated with the “toxicity” of the British Empire.

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  Actor Alan Cumming hands back UK medal in anti-empire protest

  Scottish actor Alan Cumming said on Friday he had returned a UK state honour in protest at the "toxicity" of the British Empire, 14 years after receiving the award.Gay rights had advanced meanwhile in the United States, and any benefit from the award was "now less potent than the misgivings I have being associated with the toxicity of empire", Cumming said.

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  Actor Alan Cumming gives back his OBE award over 'toxicity of empire'

  Scottish actor Alan Cumming said on Friday he was giving back his OBE - Officer of the Order of the British Empire - award, saying his eyes had been "opened" over "the toxicity of empire". Writing on his Instagram page, the "Instinct" and "The Good Wife" actor, who also has U.S. citizenship, said that while he had been "incredibly grateful" to receive the recognition in the 2009 Queen’s birthday honours list, he had recently changed his mind. Cumming said he was awarded the OBE for his work as

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  From Alan Cumming to David Bowie – the celebrities who said no to OBEs and other honours

  Whether for political, personal or professional reasons, not everyone considers a royal award an 'honour'

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  Alan Cumming Hits Back At 'Lump Of Ignorance' Piers Morgan In OBE Row

  “If you’re p***ing off Piers Morgan, you’re on the right track,” the Traitors US presenter said.

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  Alan Cumming returns OBE honour

  Alan Cumming has handed back his OBE honour. The Scottish actor was made an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) in The Queen's Birthday Honours in 2009 in recognition of his services to acting and to "activism for equal rights for the gay and lesbian community, USA". On Friday, to mark his 58th birthday, The Good Wife star revealed that conversations about the British monarchy following the death of Queen Elizabeth II in September sparked his decision to return his ho

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  Alan Cumming gives back OBE over links to 'toxic' British Empire

  Alan Cumming has given back his OBE, expressing concern over its links to what he describes as the "toxicity" of the British Empire. Cumming was made an OBE in 2009 as part of the Queen's birthday honours, being recognised for acting, as well as the work he does to campaign for LGBTQ+ rights in the US. "Back then the Defence of Marriage Act ensured that same-sex couples couldn't get married or enjoy the same basic legal rights as straight people, and Don't Ask, Don't Tell ensured that openly g

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  Alan Cumming returns OBE over concerns of link to ‘toxicity’ of British Empire

  He was honoured in 2009 for his work as an actor and for campaigning for the LGBTQ+ community.

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  Alan Cumming hands back his OBE citing the ‘toxicity of empire’

  Actor says recent conversations about role of monarchy ‘opened his eyes’ to suffering of Indigenous people around the world

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