petition rescind blairs knighthood gets hundreds

We are in the midst of an energy crisis yet Labour’s policy is barely distinguishable from the Conservatives’. This bequeathment to Left politics is playing out in how the new Starmer leadership approaches both economic and social issues. It is part of Blair’s legacy to the labour movement: a belief that to win we must somehow surrender our desire to alter the state and instead be just the same guiding hand but in red gloves. The confrontation of capitalism in this country has always been hampered by the establishment’s ability to draw its opponents into the arms of the British state. without prime ministerial advice)” – is also evidence of something deeper: the pernicious influence of the landed elite at the heart of the British deep state. It is easy to see why so many are inflamed by him now being honoured when there has been no accountability for the Iraq war and all the misery it caused.īut Blair’s new position as a knight companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter – a ceremonial title that is “ is in the Queen's gift (i.e. Blair has never sought absolution for these crimes. Millions in this country had no desire for war but the British government’s subservience to the American war machine and hubris meant pushing ahead anyway. But they were ignored by a government that sent troops into Iraq and was consequently responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of innocent people. Those lies provoked some of the largest demonstrations the towns and cities of this country have ever seen. The government wanted to go to war and it didn’t let the facts stand in its way. It also failed to correct untrue stories in the press, including one that ‘revealed’ how Hussein had weapons that could hit a British military base in Cyprus in 45 minutes.

This was a dark period in British history, where the government of the time knowingly misled the public, telling us Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction when there was no good evidence to support that claim. The reason for people’s anger is not hard to discern: the British public has not forgotten the Iraq war. There is a widespread feeling in the UK that the title should be withdrawn. A million people have called for the honour to be rescinded and a recent poll showed only 14% of the British public thought it was deserved. The announcement of Tony Blair’s knighthood has provoked a huge backlash that is not confined to the fringes.

Petition rescind blairs knighthood gets hundreds