{"id":1179895,"date":"2022-01-02T10:49:26","date_gmt":"2022-01-02T15:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1179895"},"modified":"2022-01-02T10:49:28","modified_gmt":"2022-01-02T15:49:28","slug":"petition-to-revoke-blairs-knighthood-smashes-220000-and-rising","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/petition-to-revoke-blairs-knighthood-smashes-220000-and-rising\/","title":{"rendered":"Petition to Revoke Blair&#039;s Knighthood Smashes 220,000 and Rising"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" 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buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-539168454-e1641135607812-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/the-prime-minister-tony-blair-to-have-his-knight-companion-of-the-most-noble-order-of-the-garter-rescinded\">petition<\/a> to revoke the knighthood of former Labour prime minister and Iraq War architect Tony Blair has gone viral, smashing 220,000 and still rising rapidly as of the time of publication.<\/p>\n<p>The deep unpopularity of \u201cSir Tony\u201d, as the former premier \u2014 full name Anthony Charles Lynton Blair \u2014 has asked to be called, appears to be as firm in 2022 as it was when he left office in 2007, with the decision to make him a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter in the&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/collections\/the-new-year-honours-2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">New Year Honours Lists<\/a>&nbsp;provoking a massive public backlash.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/the-prime-minister-tony-blair-to-have-his-knight-companion-of-the-most-noble-order-of-the-garter-rescinded\">Change.org petition<\/a> to rescind the honour has amassed hundreds of thousands of signatures in barely two days, and has been backed not just by politics junkies but also by innocuous pop culture figures such as <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheFreds\/status\/1477264725033500673\">Right Said Fred<\/a>, the London-based band best known for \u201990s hit <em>\u2018I\u2019m Too Sexy\u2019<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTony Blair caused irreparable damage to both the constitution of the United Kingdom and to the very fabric of the nation\u2019s society,\u201d the petition author&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/the-prime-minister-tony-blair-to-have-his-knight-companion-of-the-most-noble-order-of-the-garter-rescinded\">alleges<\/a>, further accusing him of \u201cwar crimes\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTony Blair is the least deserving person of any public honour, particularly anything awarded by Her Majesty the Queen,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Please sign and share Petition \u00b7 Tony Blair to have his &#8220;Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter&#8221; rescinded \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WtzDECBFAG\">https:\/\/t.co\/WtzDECBFAG<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vYow5AeOTk\">https:\/\/t.co\/vYow5AeOTk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Right Said Fred (@TheFreds) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheFreds\/status\/1477264725033500673?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 1, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWho ever advised the Queen to grant honours to Toxic Blair should be sacked, as an insult to the public who revile him and also damaging to the Monarchy,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/englandkerrmep\/status\/1477624079632982021\">commented<\/a> Andrew England Kerr, a former Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Brexit Party, on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Noted anti-Brexit campaigner Femi Oluwole, meanwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Femi_Sorry\/status\/1477045064996110345\">remarked<\/a> sarcastically of the award: \u201cIf I help create the next ISIS by destabilising an entire region under false pretences, can I get a knighthood too?\u201d \u2014 demonstrating that hating Blair is in many respects a bipartisan cause.<\/p>\n<p>British political insiders have long suggested that the Queen, who unlike with most national honours has a personal say in who is appointed to the Order of the Garter, was resistant to bestowing it on Blair, in part for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/royal\/1165616\/prince-philip-news-royal-family-queen-elizabeth-ii-furious-downing-street-tony-blair-spt\">his behaviour following the death of Princess Diana<\/a> and in part for his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/hp\/front\/tony-blair-s-freaky-weekend-with-the-queen-at-balmoral-6508590.html\">classless and protocol-breaking<\/a> references to \u201cfreaky\u201d stays at her Scottish retreat of Balmoral when he was in office in his memoirs.<\/p>\n<p>Some believe that, despite technically having the right to refuse Blair the honour, the 95-year-old will have felt obliged to confer it on him, as on other ex-prime ministers, to maintain the monarchy\u2019s official position of political neutrality \u2014 and that her now-deceased husband <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/royal\/1165616\/prince-philip-news-royal-family-queen-elizabeth-ii-furious-downing-street-tony-blair-spt\">Prince Philip<\/a> was the one who had stayed her hand until now.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Delingpole: \u2018If You Don\u2019t Get Vaxxed You\u2019re an Idiot!\u2019 Says Satan\u2019s Envoy, Blair <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9TsD3Nb0mr\">https:\/\/t.co\/9TsD3Nb0mr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1474013169983139841?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 23, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h5 class=\"western\"><em><span>Follow Jack Montgomery on Twitter:<\/span><\/em><em>&nbsp;<\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackBMontgomery\"><span>@JackBM<\/span><\/a><\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackBMontgomery\"><span>ontgomery<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/h5>\n<h5 class=\"western\"><em><span>Follow Breitbart London on Facebook:<\/span><\/em><em>&nbsp;<\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BreitbartLondon\/\"><span>Breitbart London<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A petition to revoke the knighthood of former Labour prime minister and Iraq War architect Tony Blair has gone viral, smashing 220,000 and still rising rapidly as of the time 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