“I think the good things Tony Blair did for this country shouldn’t detract from the crimes that he committed and how we view them,” added Mr. Garcia, a D.J., who is unimpressed by arguments that Iraq should not detract from Mr. “I think it is a bit of a disgrace that the queen is looking to knight him,” said Mr. All petitions Launch new public inquiry into legality of the invasion of Iraq in 2003 Rescind Tony Blairs knighthood Review UKG Petitions (UKGP) Committee. Blair was dining, attempted a citizens’ arrest on the former prime minister, alleging war crimes. In light of the £16billion pandemic bailout. Under a post-pandemic revamp of Britain’s railways that is being planned by Grant Shapps, the Transport Secretary, hundreds of train station ticket offices could be closed. A petition calling for former British prime minister Tony Blair to be stripped of his knighthood has reached more than one million signatures as anger continues to grow over the. Among the signatories of the petition is Twiggy Garcia, who, while working part-time in a restaurant in 2014 where Mr. If Transport Secretary Grant Schapps has his way then ticket offices could be closed at hundreds of British train stations. Blair, and for some of his critics, it probably never will. That time has does not yet seem to have arrived for Mr. Professor Fielding said that, historically, it is not uncommon for successful prime ministers to suffer big drops in popularity after relinquishing power, and it has often been decades before their records are reassessed more evenhandedly. Blair “did lots of good things,” adding: “I think it’s only right that we do honor our previous prime ministers.” Blair’s government, saying that it had “introduced a national minimum wage and repaired the public services that had been neglected under the Tories.”Īnd there was also support from a government minister, Maggie Throup, who told LBC Radio that Mr.
Blair’s knighthood, and the current leader of the Labour Party, Keir Starmer - who has also been trying to shift the party to the political center - defended the decision to award it. Blair.ĭespite its support, the online petition is unlikely to succeed in its aim of rescinding Mr. Instead, more than 600,000 people have signed an online petition asking that the honour be rescinded, illustrating how one of Britains most successful. Of the other four living former prime ministers, only John Major has received a knighthood-level honor, though Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Theresa May served in Downing Street after Mr. “If he could see it like that he would almost enjoy it, but clearly it’s painful to him.” “In a way the hate is in fact a tribute to Tony Blair,” Professor Fielding said. He is disliked by those on both wings of the political spectrum: Those on the left accused him of betraying his party’s values by shifting Labour to the center, while those on the right resented his formidable electoral appeal. Blair became a wealthy man and advised some foreign governments and multinational companies, reinforcing his reputation as someone who liked to cultivate the rich and powerful.
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