While it’s customary for British monarchs to confer most senior knighthoods on former prime ministers, Buckingham Palace’s decision to not snub Blair caused massive outrage among Brits, citing Blair’s role in the 2003 invasion in Iraq and his support for the US-led campaign in Afghanistan.īack in 2017, a third of Britons said that the ex-PM should be tried as a “war criminal” for “knowingly misleading” the public about the premise of the Iraq invasion after an inquiry found that there was no intelligence to back up the claim that late Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction.īlair received the Most Noble Order of the Garter - the highest order of knighthood - in the New Year Honours 2022 list. Janu1:02 PMThe petition says he was personally responsible for causing the deaths of many in various conflicts.
The petition specifically accuses Blair of “causing the death of countless innocent, civilian lives and servicemen” by dragging the UK into “various conflicts.” “For this alone he should be held accountable for war crimes,” it says. Angus Scott, the author of the petition, argues that the former British prime minister “caused irreparable damage to the constitution of the United Kingdom and to the very fabric of the nation’s society,” while he was in power between 19. More than 318,000 signatures were left under a petition urging the UK Prime Minister to ask the Queen to rescind the order in less than a day after it was launched. The ex-prime minister “should be held accountable for war crimes” instead, it argues. London, January 3 (RHC)- Tens of thousands of people have signed an online petition calling for the removal of a title of a knight companion from former British Prime Minister Tony Blair. Mona Awad: ‘A Blue Sky Like This,’ a Short Story. Get link Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email Other Apps Comments. Petition to Rescind Tony Blair’s Knighthood Gets Hundreds of Thousands of Signatures.
The ex-prime minister “should be held accountable for war crimes” instead Petition to Rescind Tony Blair’s Knighthood Gets Hundreds of Thousands of Signatures Get link Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email Other Apps JanuBy BY STEPHEN CASTLE from NYT World NYT. LONDON By tradition, former British prime ministers are honored by Queen Elizabeth some years after leaving 10 Downing Street, so the elevation of Tony Blair to a knighthood on New Year’s Day could have been a routine event. Tens of thousands of people have signed an online petition calling for the removal of a title of a knight companion from former British Prime Minister Tony Blair. Petition to Rescind Tony Blair’s Knighthood Gets Hundreds of Thousands of Signatures.
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