![]() He spent the last year of his premiership trying to establish his legacy, and it was all pointless because his legacy, like it or not, was Iraq, and is Iraq, and will remain Iraq. More than 700,000 people have signed a petition calling for former Prime Minister Sir Tony Blair to have his knighthood removed. “His reputation for the moment is locked into the Iraq war. 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. “It’s a fool’s errand,” said Steven Fielding, professor of political history at Nottingham University. Petition to Rescind Tony Blair’s Knighthood Gets Hundreds of Thousands of Signatures Written by BHFN on Janu. The current prime minister, Boris Johnson, was not involved in the decision, his office said. Dating back almost 700 years, the order is the oldest and most senior Order of Chivalry in Britain. KNIGHTS in the winter of I 679/80, but, without the petitions themselves from. Blair became a member of the Order of the Garter, following an appointment made on New Year’s Eve by the queen. None of the petitions supposedly signed by thousands of citizens seemed to. Hundreds of thousands of people have signed a petition calling for former British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s knighthood to be rescinded over his role in the Iraq war. Instead, more than 600,000 people have signed an online petition asking that the honor be rescinded, illustrating how one of Britain’s most successful politicians remains a divisive figure, never forgiven by his critics for taking the country to war in Iraq…. In “Petition to Rescind Tony Blair’s Knighthood Gets Hundreds of Thousands of Signatures,” NYT, 14/22, Stephen Castle writes:īy 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. In England’s pastures green, where Jews now need to watch their backs. Would have agreed that what I write makes, very sadly, sense Reuters By Justin Parkinson Political reporter, BBC News More than 700,000 people have signed a petition calling for former Prime Minister Sir Tony Blair to have his knighthood removed. Supporting such an allegation, but am sure Lord Sacks I’m biased, and don’t have a shred of evidence ![]()
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