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- #RESCIND TONY KNIGHTHOOD GETS THOUSANDS SIGNATURES UPDATE#
- #RESCIND TONY KNIGHTHOOD GETS THOUSANDS SIGNATURES TRIAL#
"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 adds: "He was personally responsible for causing the death of countless innocent, civilian lives and servicement in various conflicts. Tony served as Prime Minister from May 2, 1997, when he accepted an invitation of Queen Elizabeth II to form a government following the Labour party's landslide victory in the 1997 general election, until June 27, 2007.ĭuring his tenure, he led the country into a bloody eight-year conflict in Iraq alongside US President George W Bush following the 9/11 attacks on the United States.ĭuring the Iraqi conflict, thousands of people were killed and there is still no stable government in place.Īfter his premiership, Tony became a Middle East envoy and set up his own non-for-profit group, the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change.Īngus used the petition to accuse him of causing "irreparable damage to both the constitution of the United Kingdom and to the very fabric of the nation’s society". "On behalf of those directly affected by this decision, thank you so much for your continued support." We can only do that if each and every one of you does your 'bit' to share the petition as widely as you can, to everyone you know and encourage them to do the same. "For this petition to have any chance of having an effect, we must all unite to push it over 1 million signatures. Woman gets stopped in the street by strangers who think she is Princess Diana's daughter.
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Sir Tony Blair: 500,000 sign petition to have knighthood ‘rescinded’.It means a huge amount to each of these families. "On their behalf, THANK YOU, deeply, for your personal support. He went on: "These families have not only had to suffer the devastation of losing a loved one, but are now suffering the distress of witnessing the man responsible for their loved-one's death being publicly honoured.
#RESCIND TONY KNIGHTHOOD GETS THOUSANDS SIGNATURES UPDATE#
Tonight (Thursday) Angus added an update to the petition in its sixth day, saying that "families of soldiers who died in both Iraq and Afghanistan are pleading for their message to be heard by both the Government and the Palace". Knighthoods are offered in the Queen’s gift, without advice from the Government.īut hundreds of thousands have backed the creator of the petition, Angus Scott, in saying that they believe 68-year-old does not deserve the title and it should be rescinded. Set up on Saturday (January 1), it calls for the appointment - a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter - not to be given to the longest-serving Labour prime minister.Īs of 7.30pm on Thursday (January 6), the number of signatories was at 902,563 and rising at speed. Sir Tony said at the time that he would "take the same decision".Ĭommons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle has called for all former prime ministers to be knighted in the same Order, after Sir Tony waited 14 years.Īll but one of the prime ministers before Sir Tony were appointed a few years after leaving office, with Sir John Major being the latest.The petition calling for Tony Blair to lose the knighthood awarded to him in the Queen's New Year's Honours is nearing 1,000,000 signatures. Sir Tony has faced sustained criticism over the Iraq conflict.Ī report by Sir John Chilcot in 2016 found that the former prime minister overplayed evidence about Saddam Hussein's arsenal and found he presented the case for war based on "flawed" intelligence about Iraq's supposed weapons of mass destruction (WMD). “As well as being Bushes poodle he is the devil incarnate,” another commented. “For him to be honoured for treason is the most outrageous slap in the face for those who died for his glory,” one person wrote.
#RESCIND TONY KNIGHTHOOD GETS THOUSANDS SIGNATURES TRIAL#
A number of people suggested that Blair should be done for war crimes, with one person going as far as to start a separate petition to see him face an international war crimes trial at The Hague.