“This isn’t just about the past, this is about the future, Blair hasn’t stopped…he intervenes in British politics yet again. This year, 1.3 million people signed a petition calling for the knighthood to be rescinded, because they too know the war was illegal.Īs activists placed a replica Tony Blair in handcuffs StWC Convenor, Lindsey German, spoke at the demonstration of the UK’s current foreign policy. Two million people marched the streets of the UK, because they knew the war was illegal. The then UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan, said it was illegal along with senior politicians on both sides of the pond. Under international law the war was illegal. Not the royal one but the International Court of Justice in the Hague where he should be tried for war crimes. Indeed, there is only one court Tony Blair should have attended. Tony Blair will have to be haunted by that for the rest of his days. Speaking to the crowds, StWC vice-chairman Andrew Murray, said: “The Iraq war was fought in breach of international law, founded on the basis of lies, fought on the basis of secret pledges given to George Bush, a war that has killed hundreds of thousands of Iraqi’s….They want us to forgive and forget. This was represented on the protest by dozens of activists wearing masks dousing themselves in fake blood. Tony Blair’s lies and decisions contributed to the deaths of millions of people in the Middle East. The work of Stop the War Coalition acts as a constant reminder Tony Blair can never wash the blood off his hands. I made the decision in good faith and I believe it is better we took that decision.” This year he reneged, conceding he “may have been wrong” about the decision to invade Iraq and Afghanistan. Responding to it at the time, the warmonger insisted: “I did not mislead this country. Thirteen years on from the invasion of Iraq, the Chilcot report proved Tony Blair misled Parliament. Under the false pretence that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction and fuelled by false revelations that they could be deployed in just 45 minutes, British troops headed to Iraq. The streets of Windsor were also flooded with placards emblazoned with “Bliar”, alluding to the lies Tony Blair told in 2003, as he wanted to bang the drums of war and didn’t let facts stand in his way. The former Prime Minister’s granting of the highest award the Queen can bestow was met with loud protests outside the castle, as activists marched chanting “Blair Knighthood – not in my name,” and “Blair lied, millions died!” (This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.“We will never forgive, and we will never forget,” that’s the message from hundreds of anti-war protesters who descended on Windsor castle yesterday lambasting Tony Blair a “war criminal” as he was appointed a Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter. Despite the growing voices against Blair's knighthood, several leading politicians have spoken out in favour of him, reported Aljazeera. The 2003 Invasion of Iraq followed the removal of former President Saddam Hussein and his subsequent execution. He has been facing criticism from UK people for his role in the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, reported Aljazeera. He was personally responsible for causing the death of countless innocent, civilian lives and servicemen in various conflicts," Blair, an ex-Labour Party leader served as UK's Prime Minister from 1997 to 2007. It added, "Tony Blair caused irreparable damage to both the constitution of the United Kingdom and to the very fabric of the nation's society. It calls for Blair to be held accountable for "war crimes", reported Aljazeera. The petition says Blair is "the least deserving person of any public honour". It suggested that most Labour Party voters voted against the move. The survey was based on responses from 2,441 Britons. The opinion poll, published by UK polling company YouGov, revealed 63 per cent of Britons are opposed to Blair being knighted. As of Wednesday, there were a total of 700,000 signatures on the online petition. An online petition was set up in response to Blair's knighthood with the oldest and most senior British order of chivalry- Knight Companion of the Noblest Order of the Garter in Queen Elizabeth II's New Year's honours list. Hundreds of thousands of people in the UK are coming together to join the call to strip former prime minister Tony Blair of his recently awarded knighthood for his role in Iraq war.
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