#TONY BLAIR KNIGHTHOOD TRIAL#

Mr Blair said his elevation was “an immense honour. Since leaving office his business affairs have been shrouded in secrecy but he has amassed a fortune worth hundreds of millions in an operation dubbed “the Blair rich project.” He is credited with the introduction of Sure Start however and reductions in child poverty later reversed by subsequent Tory administrations. Within Britain Mr Blair – who will now be known as Sir Tony – introduced the private finance initiative (PFI) which crippled many hospital trusts with debt and was a keen promoter of private-sector delivery of public services. Mr Blair also took Britain to war against Yugoslavia in 1999 and into Afghanistan in 2001, leading to a 20-year occupation that ended in ignominy and defeat this summer. “He should be in the dock but yet again Tony Blair rewarded for war crimes,” said Stop the War convener Lindsey German, while the People’s Assembly’s John Rees remarked: “Unusual to be knighted for losing a crusade in the Middle East.”

#TONY BLAIR KNIGHTHOOD TRIAL#

Polls suggest around one-third of British people believe Mr Blair should face trial at The Hague for the war crime of starting a war of aggression - defined at Nuremberg as “the supreme international crime.” The conflict is widely blamed for the subsequent huge increase in influence and reach by Islamist terror groups such as al-Qaida and later Islamic State. Mr Blair’s 1997-2007 administration is most famous for participating in the unprovoked invasion of Iraq, which left a million dead and permanently destabilised the region. Sir Trevor stood in for Sophy Ridge presenting Skys Sunday politics show during the coronavirus pandemic. Britain’s most successful Labour leader, despised by all the worst aspects of the British character, honoured at. Yes, that should give a fair few people a more punishing than usual New Year’s Day hangover. The broadcaster, 68, who presented Trevor Phillips on Sunday in 20, received his knighthood from the Prince of Wales at Windsor Castle on Tuesday. Arise Sir Anthony Charles Lynton Blair, Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter. Appointments are supposedly made by the Queen without taking advice from the government of the day. Sky News presenter Trevor Phillips has been knighted for services to equality and human rights. Mr Blair has been made a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, Britain’s top chivalric order.

Some were critical of the award, citing the legacy of his decision to join the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 - based largely around the false belief that the regime of Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction - as rendering him unsuitable for a knighthood.Ī petition on calling for the honour to be rescinded has passed 200,000 signatures.PEACE campaigners expressed dismay following the announcement of a knighthood for Tony Blair, the former British prime minister who took the country to war with Iraq based on lies about “weapons of mass destruction” that turned out not to exist. Some have claimed that Sir Tony and the late Queen did not get on well. Reacting to the news, Sir Tony said it was an 'immense honour', adding: 'It was a great privilege to serve as prime minister and I would like to thank all those who served alongside me, in politics, public service and all parts of our society, for their dedication and commitment to our country.' The former Prime Minister was only given his knighthood in January as part of the Queen's penultimate honours list. Tony Blair is to be knighted with the highest possible ranking in the new year honours list, Buckingham Palace has said. A petition started on New Years Day to remove Tony Blairs knighthood has now reached over 250,000 signatures. Sir Tony, who held the keys to No 10 between 1997. A petition calling for the removal of former Prime Minister Tony Blairs knighthood has collected more than one million signatures. The former Prime Minister was named in the Queens New Years Honours list.

The Garter is awarded by the monarch for outstanding public service and achievement and was founded in 1348 by Edward III. The petition reads: Tony Blair is to be knighted with the highest possible ranking in the new year honours list, Buckingham Palace has said. The honour is for life, unless a Knight or Lady Companion offends against certain 'points of reproach'. They are usually announced on St George's Day in April, but the monarch can pick any other point in the year.

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