Anti-war campaigners say, Tony Blair belongs in the dock at The Hague and not in the pantheon of great leaders. 10 Downing St, so the elevation of Mr Tony Blair to a knighthood on New Years Day could. LONDON (NYTIMES) - By tradition, former British prime ministers are honoured by Queen Elizabeth some years after leaving No. Hundreds of British troops were killed in the same conflict. 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. The petition said former British PM Tony Blair should be held accountable for war crimes. Two decades on: One million dead Iraqis, three million dispossessed and a region reeling from terrorism and instability. Petition to Rescind Tony Blair’s Knighthood Gets Hundreds of Thousands of Signatures Health & Wellness On 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. The US claimed the regime of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction and actively pressed for invading Iraq in late 2001. To Tony Blair, the biggest protest march in British history was fatuous: In mid-February 2003, just before the Iraq invasion, 10s of millions of demonstrators in hundreds of cities across the world, including London, marched against the impending US-led war in the Middle East. Sir Tony accepted 'full responsibility' for the decision to invade Iraq after the release of the Chilcot report in 2016. The ex labour leader was handed one of the country’s most senior titles Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, in the Queen’s New Year’s Honour List. It’s a designation routinely awarded to former Prime Ministers, but antiwar campaigners say they’re repulsed at seeing Blair receiving it. The decision to Knight former Prime Minister Tony Blair has been met with outrage, with ten of thousands signing a petition to strip him of the award. More than 500,000 people have signed a petition on American petition website "" calling on the Queen to strip the man they call a war criminal of his new title. Furious Iraq veterans are now calling for the honors system to be overhauled. The backlash to the announcement has been immense and is only growing. The ex-Labour leader, who was in power from 1997 to 2007, was given. The petitioners say the former premier should be tried and jailed for his role in the illegal invasion of Iraq in 2003.īritain’s highest rank for chivalry awarded by Queen Elizabeth to Tony Blair, a man described by campaigners as one of the most repugnant political figures in the world - in power from 1997 to 2007. Upon his knighthood being announced on New Year’s Eve, the former Labour leader said: ‘It is an immense honour to be appointed Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, and I am. More than 700,000 people have signed a petition calling for former Prime Minister Sir Tony Blair to have his knighthood removed. Janu1:02 PMThe petition says he was personally responsible for causing the deaths of many in various conflicts. More than half a million people have signed a petition for former British Prime Minister Tony Blair to be stripped of knighthood, an appointment personally made by the country’s Monarch just last week.
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