Those lies provoked the largest demonstration in British history. Millions marched against Britain’s involvement in the Iraq war. But when Blair ignored the people on the streets, he taught us that the political establishment has an extraordinary ability to try and silence truth.ĭespite the disastrous legacy of Blair’s foreign policy few lessons have been learnt. Blair is to be knighted by the Queen with the highest honour. Clearly the British honours system is anything but honourable. Responding to the levels of anger, Blair said: “The best thing is just to accept that of course there will be people who strongly oppose it and detest me for various reasons, and this is just what happens in politics.” One said: “Our misery is compounded knowing that the man responsible is being honoured.” Mothers of soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan wrote begging the Queen to rescind the knighthood. Waging war is not “just ” what happens in politics. Serving the US war machine is not “just ” what happens in politics. And, lying to the public is not “just ” what happens in politics either. Now in 2022, Britain has another lying PM keen to promote war, this time in Ukraine, in his Churchillian guise to keep himself in office and in the US President’s good books. Despite Blair’s notorious and deadly foreign policy, history is being repeated.īlair has never apologised nor sought absolution for these crimes, not even after the Chilcot Inquiry that confirmed he is a pathological liar. With no accountability it is easy to see why a YouGov survey published earlier this year, found that 63% of Brits disapproved of his knighthood. Usually as time passes, the more forgiving the public tends to be of former leaders. In Blair’s case, this couldn’t be further from the truth. Blair can walk no street, speak at no event, nor be awarded any accolade without the anti-war movement following and haunting him. Fifteen years after leaving office, Blair is still one of the most detested PMs in British history. Our movement acts as a constant reminder that Britain says “not in my name” to foreign war. Join the Stop the War protest at the annual Garter Day procession in Windsor on 13 June, and let the world know there is only one court that Blair should be attending, and it’s not the royal one.More than 145,000 people have signed a petition calling for Tony Blair's knighthood to be taken off him. The longest-serving Labour Prime Minister was named in the Queen's New Year's Honours list 2022 as a 'Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter,' the oldest and most senior British Order of Chivalry. ![]() ![]() These appointments are offered in the Queen’s gift, without advice from the Government, Wales Online reports.
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