The site is provided free of charge but depends on the support of its readers to be viable. Sadly, as the petition isn’t on the official government petitions site the Tories are almost certain to simply ignore it rather than being forced to list it for parliamentary discussion. Keir Starmer, naturally, has repeatedly backed bringing ol’ Tony into the knighthood club to which Establishment darling Starmer already belongs, so tightly is his finger on the pulse. “He’s been out of office for more than 14 years, but an awful lot of people have very strong feelings about Tony Blair’s record, and they have to be heeded.The petition to remove the new knighthood of former PM Tony Blair – a man many believe should be on trial in The Hague for war crimes rather than going to Buckingham Palace for an honour – is about to pass one million signatures.Īs at the time of writing 990,000 people had signed – and the rate of new signatures appears to be several per second, so the petition looks set to smash through the threshold rather than creep across it. ![]() “But if I get enough signatures on the petition, it will give a clear message that this country is a democracy and that the establishment has to start listening to people. “The Palace has got itself into a bit of muddle. “It would do almost more damage to the reputation of the Palace by rescinding it,” Mr Scott, from Norfolk, says. Scott, who had a small role in the first season of Netflix drama The Crown, says that even though the petition has attracted hundreds of thousands of signatures, “realistically, it’s unlikely to end up in the rescinding of the knighthood order by the Queen”. The petition has received enthusiastic backing on social media from left-wing activists and Stop the War campaigners. The honours system itself – people are starting to question if it’s appropriate.” Scott, 55, a voice-over artist and actor, who describes himself as largely apolitical, says: “I thought it might pick up a few hundred signatures, but obviously it taps into a deep feeling that’s pretty obvious around the country. It took me quite a while to work out how to get it set up.” “I’ve never done a petition before in my life. ![]() “I just thought it was an appalling decision, so I decided to do something,” he tells the BBC. “Tony Blair is the least deserving person of any public honour, particularly anything awarded by Her Majesty the Queen.” For this alone he should be held accountable for war crimes,” it adds. “He was personally responsible for causing the death of countless innocent, civilian lives and servicemen in various conflicts. The appointment was the personal choice of the Queen, who has up to 24 “knight and lady companions”, with current Prime Minister Boris Johnson not involved in the decision.īut a petition posted on the website by actor and presenter Angus Scott says Sir Tony “caused irreparable damage to both the constitution of the United Kingdom and to the very fabric of the nation’s society” while in office. On 1 January, Sir Tony became a member of the Order of the Garter, England’s oldest and most senior order of chivalry.
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