LONDON: An online petition to strip former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair of his recently awarded knighthood has reached 1 million signatures. Blair, a divisive and controversial figure in Britain, was awarded last week a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, the most senior order of knighthood. The decision was met with both criticism and support from across
Their call comes after the Mail told how Sir Tony s own defence secretary, Geoff Hoon, revealed in his memoir that he was ordered to burn a memo warning that invading Iraq could be illegal.
Richard Burgon, who served as shadow justice secretary in Jeremy Corbyn s shadow cabinet, said the knighthood for the former Labour premier showed what is wrong with our system .