“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. Tony Blair is known for the war he started, killing hundreds of thousands of innocent people, based on a lie that was quite the opposite of the intelligence collected at the time. “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”. On his resignation he was appointed Special Envoy of the Quartet on the Middle East, a diplomatic post which he held until 2015. The petition has received enthusiastic backing on social media from left-wing activists and Stop the War campaigners. Sir Anthony Charles Lynton Blair KG (born ) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007. 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.
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It took me quite a while to work out how to get it set up.” Petition to rescind Tony Blairs knighthood gets hundreds of thousands of signatures 22 days ago Janu1:02 PMThe petition says he was personally responsible for causing the deaths of many in various conflicts. “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. However a petition was started almost straight away calling for the honour to be rescinded, and had been signed more than 10,000 times by Saturday afternoon.
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