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Garcia, who, when asked if he would still attempt an arrest on the former prime minister, replied: “One-hundred, percent I would do it again. “I think the good things Tony Blair did for this country shouldn’t detract from the crimes that he committed and how we view them,” added Mr. Garcia, a D.J., who is unimpressed by arguments that Iraq should not detract from Mr. “I think it is a bit of a disgrace that the queen is looking to knight him,” said Mr. Petition to Rescind Tony Blair’s Knighthood Gets Hundreds of Thousands of Signatures. Blair was dining, attempted a citizens’ arrest on the former prime minister, alleging war crimes. Among the signatories of the petition is Twiggy Garcia, who, while working part-time in a restaurant in 2014 where Mr. WASHINGTON, DC NOVEMBER 12: Rep.-elect Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) arrives to the Hyatt Regency hotel on Capitol Hill on Novemin Washington, DC. By BY STEPHEN CASTLE from NYT World via IFTTT lolys News. Blair, and for some of his critics, it probably never will. Petition to Rescind Tony Blair’s Knighthood Gets Hundreds of Thousands of Signatures. That time has does not yet seem to have arrived for Mr. LONDON By tradition, former British prime ministers are honored by Queen Elizabeth some years after leaving 10 Downing Street, so the elevation of Tony Blair to a knighthood on New Year’s Day could have been a routine event. Professor Fielding said that, historically, it is not uncommon for successful prime ministers to suffer big drops in popularity after relinquishing power, and it has often been decades before their records are reassessed more evenhandedly. Blair “did lots of good things,” adding: “I think it’s only right that we do honor our previous prime ministers.”

In Melbourne, reactions ranged from grief to apathy.Īnd there was also support from a government minister, Maggie Throup, who told LBC Radio that Mr.

In Australia: The queen’s death renewed questions about the monarchy’s role in Commonwealth countries.

In Africa: Though the queen was revered by many on the continent, her death reignited conversations about the brutality the monarchy meted out there.

Sir Tony is appointed by the Queen a Knight Companion of the Most Noble.

In the U.S.: In few places outside Britain was the outpouring of grief so striking as in the faraway former British colony, which she never ruled and rarely visited. More than 500,000 people have signed a petition to have former prime minister Tony Blair’s knighthood rescinded.

In Britain: As Britons come to terms with the loss of the woman who embodied the country for 70 years, many are unsure of their nation’s identity and role in the world.

How the World Reacted to the Queen’s Death Queen Elizabeth II’s death elicited an array of reactions around the globe, from heartfelt tributes to anti-monarchist sentiment.