New Year Honours

[The Joker 10]

We're already discussing the Warmonger in Chief's knighthood on another thread

 

 

 

[pattricia 575]

1 minute ago, The Joker said:

We're already discussing the Warmonger in Chief's knighthood on another thread

 

 

 

Sorry !

[Guest makapaka]

On 01/01/2022 at 23:39, pattricia said:

I agree with you. Also plenty of doctors and nurses who have worked long hours through the pandemic deserve a reward. Not forgetting the care workers who go into peoples homes and work hard for very low pay.

Lots of people work long hours for low pay - you can’t award everyone a knighthood.

[Delbow 700]

55 minutes ago, West 77 said:

Britain was at war with Argentina at the time meaning no murders were committed. The ship was sunk because it was a threat to British ships.  

No war was declared by either government.

[Anna B 1,414]

1 hour ago, Delbow said:

No war was declared by either government.

Yes, it was always referred to as a 'Conflict.'

I believe legally that makes some sort of difference, so it may be relevant.

 

Am I right in thinking no civillians were killed in the Falklands?

Whereas over 200,000 civillians were killed in Iraq. 

Edited January 6, 2022 by Anna B

[Jack Grey 1,602]

The petition is rapidly approaching 800,000 signatures

 

Would be great if it hit 1 million  

[harvey19 541]

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[El Cid 220]

2 hours ago, Anna B said:

Yes, it was always referred to as a 'Conflict.'

I believe legally that makes some sort of difference, so it may be relevant.

 

Am I right in thinking no civillians were killed in the Falklands?

Whereas over 200,000 civillians were killed in Iraq. 

Over 100,000 were killed even after Blair left office, are Gordon Brown and David Cameron war criminals too, the deaths went on for a further 14 years.

[The Joker 10]

21 minutes ago, El Cid said:

Over 100,000 were killed even after Blair left office, are Gordon Brown and David Cameron war criminals too, the deaths went on for a further 14 years.

Sir Tony Blair started it off.

 

Brown and Dodgy Dave just inherited the mess.

 

[Baron99 795]

4 hours ago, Jack Grey said:

The petition is rapidly approaching 800,000 signatures

 

Would be great if it hit 1 million  

It'll not make a scrap of difference.  This Knighthood is made at the behest of the Queen not the Govt & she's not going to back down.  As it's an award from the Queen, it stops MP's from struggling with their consciouses by agreeing to award a Knighthood. 

 

Plus as its standard practice to award previous PM's such honours, until Blair is given such an award, its holding up Knighthoods & a Damehood to Brown, Cameron & May. 

 

Let's also not forget that great 'Socialist', (Lady) Cherie Blair will be all for it. 

[Anna B 1,414]

2 hours ago, El Cid said:

Over 100,000 were killed even after Blair left office, are Gordon Brown and David Cameron war criminals too, the deaths went on for a further 14 years.

The plan was to destablise the middle east, and Blair and Bush managed that in spades.

Almost everything since hangs on that, including all the terrorism.

 

If Tony Blair had any honour left, he would let Queenie (or advisors)off the hook and politely decline the Knighthood.

Edited January 6, 2022 by Anna B

[hauxwell 243]

I’ve signed the petition to try and block Blair’s Knighthood, but I agree with Baron99  it won’t make any difference.  

The only way he won’t be knighted is if he refuses to except it and I can’t see him doing that.