petition rescind tony blairs knighthood thousands

“Tony Blair is the least deserving person of any public honour, particularly anything awarded by Her Majesty the Queen.” For this alone he should be held accountable for war crimes.

“He was personally responsible for causing the death of countless innocent, civilian lives and servicement in various conflicts. The former Prime Minister became a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, as part of the Queen’s New Year Honours List.īlair was PM between 19, when he stepped down to be replaced by Gordon Brown, and the only Labour leader to win three back-to-back elections.īut the decision to bestow one of the most senior honours upon him after his role in the Allied military invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan has angered some with hundreds of thousands now demanding Boris Johnson petition the Queen to have the title removed.Ī statement on the petition says: “Tony Blair caused irreparable damage to both the constitution of the United Kingdom and to the very fabric of the nation’s society. ‘And I think it’s a kick in the teeth for the people of Iraq and Afghanistan, and a kick in the teeth for all the people who protested against the war in Iraq and who have been proved right.Over half a million people have signed a petition calling for Tony Blair’s knighthood to be rescinded. We have Iraq in a terrible state now, nearly 20 years after the invasion. ‘We have eight million people on the edge of starvation in Afghanistan now. Mandela said that thousands of people are alive today because of that. She told LBC radio: ‘I think it’s pretty incredible given that this year, we’ve seen the collapse of Afghanistan, which Tony Blair’s first major war in the war on terror. Beckham went to Singapore and did a fantastic job, along with Tony Blair, Seb Coe. Lindsay German, a founding member of the Stop The War Coalition, said she found it ‘pretty incredible’ that Mr Blair would be knighted within months of the Taliban retaking Afghanistan. ‘One million Iraqis dead, three million disposed, a trail of blood to 7/7. Get latest news headlines from India & around the world. The Chilcot inquiry into the Iraq War found British intelligence into Saddam Hussein’s purported weapons of mass destruction was ‘flawed’.įilmmaker John Pilger tweeted: ‘The contempt in which Britain’s elite holds the public has never been more eloquently expressed than in the decision to award Tony Blair the highest order of knighthood. RT: Hundreds of thousands of people have signed an online petition calling for the removal of knighthood from Tony Blair. If he wants to be a Dark Knight, he should at least have to fight Bane. Journalist Richard Medhurst wrote on Twitter that Mr Blair was a ‘war criminal’ who ‘lied about WMDs’. Making Tony Blair a knight just shows how absurd this entire system is. Hazel Hunt, whose son Richard died at the age of 21 in Afghanistan, said she was ‘contemplating sending the Elizabeth Cross back as my sign of protest’. Sir Tony is appointed by the Queen a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order. However, Carol Valentine, whose son was killed while clearing landmines in Afghanistan in 2009, described the honour as the ‘ultimate insult’. Half a million people have signed a petition to have former prime minister Tony Blair’s knighthood rescinded. ‘I would say if you’ve been prime minister of this country, I do believe the country should recognise the service they’ve given.’ They should all be offered that knighthood when they finish as prime minister.’ He said: ‘Whatever people might think, it is one of the toughest jobs in the world and I think it is respectful, and it is the right thing to do, whether it is to Tony Blair or to David Cameron. The former UK prime minister should be held accountable for war crimes instead, it says. Hundreds of thousands of people have signed an online petition calling for the removal of knighthood from Tony Blair. Veterans and their families expressed their displeasure after the former Labour prime minister was included in the Queen’s new year honours list.īut Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that he believed all former prime ministers should be knighted. Queen Elizabeth’s decision to bestow one of the highest honors on the Iraq War PM has sparked fierce backlash.

Petition rescind tony blairs knighthood thousands