Email This BlogThis Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Pinterest. Mr Blair, who left Downing Street more than 14 years ago, is one of three new appointments that were announced by the palace.Īppointments to the Garter are in the British queen’s gift and made without prime ministerial advice, and are usually announced on April 23rd, but she can do so at any time, and chose this one to coincide with the New Year Honours. Petition to Rescind Tony Blair’s Knighthood Gets Hundreds of Thousands of Signatures By BY STEPHEN CASTLE from NYT World Posted by Unknown at 1:20 PM. His former defence secretary Geoff Hoon wrote in his recent memoir his office was ordered by Downing Street to burn a secret memo saying the 2003 Iraq invasion could be illegal, according to the Daily Mail. Popular Posts DecemMost-wanted Pakistani among 2 Jaish terrorists killed in J&K encounters. The knighthood has provoked debate about the British honours system, with British Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer saying Boris Johnson has not “earned the right” of a knighthood after leaving office.īut Mr Starmer insisted his predecessor at the top of the Labour Party had earned his knighthood, arguing he “made Britain a better country”. Petition to Rescind Tony Blair’s Knighthood Gets Hundreds of Thousands of Signatures By BY STEPHEN CASTLE from NYT World Share Get link Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email Other Apps Labels: NYT. Former British premier ministers, from left, Gordon Brown, Tony Blair and Sir. Tony Blair petition sees over 250,000 people call for ex-PM's knighthood to be rescinded The decision to award the ex- Labour leader a knighthood in the New Year’s honours list has provoked a. By BY STEPHEN CASTLE from NYT World By BY STEPHEN CASTLE from NYT World. Petition to Rescind Tony Blair’s Knighthood Gets Hundreds of Thousands of Signatures by. Demonstrators in 2010 protest in London as Tony Blair was due to give evidence at the Iraq war inquiry (PA) Petition to Rescind Tony Blairs Knighthood Gets Hundreds of Thousands of. Home / NYT / Petition to Rescind Tony Blair’s Knighthood Gets Hundreds of Thousands of Signatures.
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