Ms German said that the British public was “overwhelmingly” against the award of this honour. Stop the War convener Lindsey German said: “The massive backlash to the news that Tony Blair is set to receive a knighthood just proves the strength of feeling against him and the wars he was responsible for.” “To award such a man with the highest honour in the land is a disgrace and will further damage Britain’s reputation around the world.” Mr Brierely, whose son Lance Corporal Shaun Brierley died in 2003, said: “Hearing Blair on the radio saying the world is a better place since Saddam was removed and then seeing the images from Afghanistan where children are dying and a father is trying to sell his daughter proves that he has absolutely no compassion and no grasp of reality. Peter Brierley and Rose Gentle, who both lost sons in wars sanctioned by the former prime minister, spoke at the meeting. More than one million people have signed a petition seeking the withdrawal of the title. Join the Stop the War protest at the annual Garter Day procession in Windsor on 13 June, and let the world know there is only one court that Blair should be attending, and it’s not the royal one.FAMILIES of those who died in the Iraq war joined former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and other activists last night to call for the withdrawal of the knighthood awarded to Tony Blair.Ĭampaigners spoke out against the award for the warmonger former prime minister who was responsible for sending British forces to invade Iraq in 2003 and many thousands of deaths. Our movement acts as a constant reminder that Britain says “not in my name” to foreign war. Fifteen years after leaving office, Blair is still one of the most detested PMs in British history. Blair can walk no street, speak at no event, nor be awarded any accolade without the anti-war movement following and haunting him.
In Blair’s case, this couldn’t be further from the truth. Usually as time passes, the more forgiving the public tends to be of former leaders. With no accountability it is easy to see why a YouGov survey published earlier this year, found that 63% of Brits disapproved of his knighthood. Despite Blair’s notorious and deadly foreign policy, history is being repeated.īlair has never apologised nor sought absolution for these crimes, not even after the Chilcot Inquiry that confirmed he is a pathological liar. Now in 2022, Britain has another lying PM keen to promote war, this time in Ukraine, in his Churchillian guise to keep himself in office and in the US President’s good books. And, lying to the public is not “just ” what happens in politics either. Serving the US war machine is not “just ” what happens in politics. Waging war is not “just ” what happens in politics. Responding to the levels of anger, Blair said: “The best thing is just to accept that of course there will be people who strongly oppose it and detest me for various reasons, and this is just what happens in politics.” One said: “Our misery is compounded knowing that the man responsible is being honoured.” Mothers of soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan wrote begging the Queen to rescind the knighthood. Clearly the British honours system is anything but honourable. Nearly 500,00 people have signed petition against Tony Blairs knighthood It calls on the Prime Minister to petition the Queen to rescind the honour It has become one of the most signed petitions. Blair is to be knighted by the Queen with the highest honour. The 68-year-old’s decision to plunge the country into war in search of what turned out to be highly elusive Weapons of Mass Destruction in 2003 famously. But when Blair ignored the people on the streets, he taught us that the political establishment has an extraordinary ability to try and silence truth.ĭespite the disastrous legacy of Blair’s foreign policy few lessons have been learnt. A viral petition to strip former Labour prime minister and Iraq War architect Tony Blair of his knighthood is closing in on one million signatures, and shows no signs of slowing down. Millions marched against Britain’s involvement in the Iraq war. Those lies provoked the largest demonstration in British history.
Under the false pretence that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction, and fuelled by false revelations that they could be deployed in just 45 minutes, British troops headed to Iraq. So desperate to please the United States, he actively lied over and over again, to bang the drums of war. The British public has not forgotten the Iraq War, proven by the fact 1.2 million people signed a petition earlier this year to stop the royal process in its tracks.īlair wanted to go to war and didn’t let facts stand in his way. John Pilger: Tony Blair must be prosecuted
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