![]() (This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed. LONDON By custom, former British prime ministers are honored by Queen Elizabeth some years after leaving 10 Downing Street, so the elevation of Tony Blair to a knighthood on New Year’s Day might have been a routine occasion. Despite the growing voices against Blair's knighthood, several leading politicians have spoken out in favour of him, reported Aljazeera. ![]() ![]() The 2003 Invasion of Iraq followed the removal of former President Saddam Hussein and his subsequent execution. The war criminal Tony Blair gets the UKs highest grade of knighthood from the Queen in the New Year honours, while Julian Assange languishes in a British high-security. He has been facing criticism from UK people for his role in the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, reported Aljazeera. More than 318,000 signatures were left under a petition urging the UK prime minister to ask the queen to rescind the order in less than a day after it was launched. He was personally responsible for causing the death of countless innocent, civilian lives and servicemen in various conflicts," Blair, an ex-Labour Party leader served as UK's Prime Minister from 1997 to 2007. It added, "Tony Blair caused irreparable damage to both the constitution of the United Kingdom and to the very fabric of the nation's society. It calls for Blair to be held accountable for "war crimes", reported Aljazeera. The petition says Blair is "the least deserving person of any public honour". It suggested that most Labour Party voters voted against the move. 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 forgiven by many in Britain. The survey was based on responses from 2,441 Britons. The opinion poll, published by UK polling company YouGov, revealed 63 per cent of Britons are opposed to Blair being knighted. As of Wednesday, there were a total of 700,000 signatures on the online petition. Instead, more than 600,000 people have signed an online petition asking that the honor be rescinded, illustrating how one of Britain’s most successful. ![]() so the elevation of Tony Blair to a knighthood on New Year’s Day could have been a routine event. An online petition was set up in response to Blair's knighthood with the oldest and most senior British order of chivalry- Knight Companion of the Noblest Order of the Garter in Queen Elizabeth II's New Year's honours list. Petition to Rescind Tony Blair’s Knighthood Gets Hundreds of Thousands of Signatures. Hundreds of thousands of people in the UK are coming together to join the call to strip former prime minister Tony Blair of his recently awarded knighthood for his role in Iraq war. Home/Europe/ Petition to Rescind Tony Blair’s Knighthood Gets Hundreds of Thousands of Signatures. ![]()
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