More than 250,000 people have signed a petition calling for former PM Tony Blair’s knighthood to be rescinded.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 backlash from critics.
Some branded Blair a “war criminal” for taking Britain into bloody conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, leading to the deaths of more than 600 British military personnel and tens of thousands more civilians.
Others demanded an overhaul of the “corrupt” honours system.Frankie London, 53, was one of the first to sign the petition.Mr London, of Southend, Essex, said: “A knighthood for that repugnant man Tony Blair, but still no knighthood for the last surviving Dambuster George ‘Johnny’ Johnson in his 100th
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