The first to respond was Southampton MP Royston Smith who said: "Tony Blair was the most successful Labour Prime Minister in history. HampshireLive contacted all Hampshire MPs asking the question 'should Blair's Knighthood be rescinded?' 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. The man behind the petition, Angus Scott, said of Blair: "He was personally responsible for causing the death of countless innocent, civilian lives and servicemen in various conflicts. Mr Blair is accused of leading the UK into what the Chilcot Inquiry deemed an "unnecessary" war in Iraq which, combined with the controversial war in Afghanistan he also led the UK into, cost the lives of hundreds of British service personnel. An Honours Committee then decides who should receive one from the nominations received. Anyone in the UK can nominate someone for an honour.
These appointments are offered in the Queen's gift, without advice from the Government. Tony Blair, longest-serving Labour PM, was named in the Queen's New Year's Honours list as a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, the oldest and most senior British Order of Chivalry. The petition currently sits at 396,673 signatures at the time of publication. However, this opinion isn't shared by Angus Scott, who started a petition, accusing Blair of causing "irreparable damage to both the constitution of the United Kingdom and to the very fabric of the nation's society". READ MORE: Petition calling for Tony Blair to lose knighthood gains hundreds of thousands of signatures He believes Blair is a "worthy recipient" along with other former Prime Ministers. The petition’s statement concluded with a plea to Boris Johnson to petition the Queen to have Blair’s honour removed.A Hampshire MP has defended the decision to award former Prime Minister Tony Blair a Knighthood despite fierce backlash in the form of a petition nearing 400,000 signatures.Ĭonservative Royston Smith, MP for Southampton Itchen, described Blair as the "most successful Labour Prime Minister in history". “Tony Blair is the least deserving person of any public honour, particularly anything awarded by Her Majesty the Queen.” He was personally responsible for causing the death of countless innocent, civilian lives and servicement in various conflicts. Started by Angus Scott, the petition reads: “Tony Blair caused irreparable damage to both the constitution of the United Kingdom and to the very fabric of the nation’s society.
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Sign up to our new free Indy100 weekly newsletter However opinion is split over whether or not the former prime minister, who was in power from 1997 to 2007, deserves the prestigious title.Ī petition calling for the politician’s knighthood to be stripped has got over 600,000 signatures at the time of writing. Boris Johnson’s ‘partygate’ scandal gets an explicit RATM remix
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