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Tens of thousands of people have signed an online petition calling for the removal of a title of a knight companion from former British PM Tony Blair. The ex-PM “should be held accountable for war crimes” instead, it argues. More than 318,000 signatures were left under a Change.org petition urging …

Controversial former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair received a knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II this week, sparking outrage from Brits who argued he should be in prison for his involvement in the Iraq War instead. Blair was knighted in the 2022 New Year Honours list, alongside Covid-19 response officials Chris …