![]() Sir Tony, who left Downing Street more than 14 years ago, is one of three new appointments that were announced by the palace.Īppointments to the Garter are in the Queen’s gift and made without prime ministerial advice, and are usually announced on St George’s Day, April 23, but she can do so at any time, and chose this one to coincide with the New Year Honours.įor more stories from where you live, visit InYourArea. His former defence secretary Geoff Hoon wrote in his recent memoir that his office was ordered by Downing Street to burn a secret memo saying the 2003 Iraq invasion could be illegal, according to the Daily Mail. The petitioners say the former premier should be tried and jailed for his role in the illegal invasion of Iraq in 2003. The ex-Labour leader, who was in power from 1997 to 2007. The knighthood has provoked debate about the honours system, with Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer saying Boris Johnson has not “earned the right” of a knighthood after leaving office.īut Sir Keir insisted his predecessor at the top of the Labour Party had earned his knighthood, arguing he “made Britain a better country”. Islam Times - Some 700,000 people have signed a petition launched to strip former British Prime Minister Tony Blair of knighthood, an appointment personally made by the country’s Monarch just last week. 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. Petition to stop Tony Blair receiving a knighthood Rejected Request for the rescinding of the knighthood awarded to Tony Blair Rejected Revoke the decision to award Tony Blair a knighthood. More than 700,000 people have signed a petition calling for former Prime Minister Sir Tony Blair to have his knighthood removed. The former prime minister was appointed Knight Companion of the Most. However, the petition was rejected on the UK Government and Parliament petition site, as they "can't accept petitions that relate to honours and appointments, which includes calling for an honour to be removed". A petition calling for Tony Blair to have his knighthood rescinded has now been signed by more than 500,000 people. A petition calling for the removal of former Prime Minister Tony Blairs knighthood has collected more than one million signatures. Demonstrators in 2010 protest in London as Tony Blair was due to give evidence at the Iraq war inquiry (Image: PA)
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