![]() "The judgements about the severity of the threat posed by Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction – WMD – were presented with a certainty that was not justified. "Military action at that timewas not a last resort. The Report of the Iraq Inquiry into the decisions made to enter the conflict were published in 2016 by Sir John Chilcot, who stated: "We have concluded that the UK chose to join the invasion of Iraq before thepeaceful options for disarmament had been exhausted. Tony Blair knighthood was bestowed directly by the Queen.New Year Honours and the stars who have turned them down - and why.The former PM led the country into an 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. ![]() "We petition the Prime Minister to petition Her Majesty to have this honour removed." "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. “Sir” Tony held the keys to No 10 between 19, and has on his hands the blood of hundreds of British troops who pointlessly lost their lives in Iraq, as well as the blood of millions of innocent civilian victims in Iraq, Libya and Afghanistan.Angus Scott, who started the petition, accused Tony of causing "irreparable damage to both the constitution of the United Kingdom and to the very fabric of the nation’s society". He will be appointed a Knight Companion of what used to be the Most Noble Order of the Garter, Britain's oldest and most senior Order of Chivalry. The former prime minister was made a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, an appointment personally made by the Queen, in the New Year’s Honours list. The designation, which now means the 68-year-old is formally known as ‘Sir Tony’, is the most senior order of knighthood in the British honours system. The petition claims: “Tony Blair is the least deserving person of any public honour, particularly anything awarded by Her Majesty the Queen.” Over 500,000 people have signed a petition calling for the honour to be revoked, saying the former Labour PM caused “irreparable damage to both the constitution of the United Kingdom and to the very fabric of the nation’s society”. Blair’s knighthood triggers public outrage. Petition to Rescind Tony Blair’s Knighthood Gets Hundreds of Thousands of Signatures Nearly 15 years after he left office, the prime minister’s support for the Iraq war has not been forgiven by many in Britain. ![]() Sir Tony, who left power in 2007, was one of three new appointments to the order announced by the palace alongside Baroness Valerie Amos and the Duchess of Cornwall.īut others have congratulated Sir Tony on the designation.Īmong them were Labour’s Shadow Secretary of State for Health, Wes Streeting, who said: “Congratulations to Sir Tony Blair, but I know he’ll be even more proud that a personal hero of mine and so many others, has become - yet again - a trailblazer”. TEHRAN- More than one million people have signed a petition calling for former Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair to have his controversial knighthood removed with the number rising literally by the minute. The fact that the knighthood was announced on New Year Eve, and the. The Speaker of the House of Commons, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, has also said that former prime ministers should be given knighthoods. There are now 21 non-royal ‘companions’ in the order, with a maximum of 24 allowed.Īppointments are for life, and only 40 people have been deemed no longer worthy of the honour and removed from the order in its nearly 700 year history. A petition calling for former prime minister Sir Tony Blair's knighthood to be rescinded has been signed by more than a quarter of a million people. While the petition has garnered hundreds of thousands of signatures on, petitions relating to Sir Tony and honours have been rejected from the Parliament.uk website, which can lead to a debate in the House of Commons. The ex-Labour leader was appointed a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter - the highest possible honour - in the New Year's Honours List. But the accolade has sparked a backlash from critics, with some saying the former prime minister doesn't deserve an honour, and others going further and branding him a 'war criminal' for his. This is because the UK is not a real democracy. The real rulers of this country don’t really care what the general public wants, thinks or needs. The House of Commons presents merely an illusion of democracy it has no power over the autocrats who dictate decisions in the UK.
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