The embedded broadcast media spoke of ‘surgical strikes’, ‘precision bombing’ and ‘shock and awe’ in 2003.
Hundreds of thousands of men, women and children - who never dropped a bomb nor held a gun - had their precious lives snatched from them. Some 179 British servicemen died, and every one of their deaths is an absolute tragedy for their families.īut Iraqi civilians paid a far greater price for the former prime minister’s deeds. Munday-Baker, whose son James was 21, said Blair “should be made to walk through a field of IEDs like our children did”. They’re threatening to return the Elizabeth Crosses she bestowed on them. “It makes a mockery of our children’s lives, and we are struggling to cope.” “We beg you to revoke his knighthood which we believe tramples on our sons’ sacrifices,” they state. She brands the knighthood “a slap in the face” to his memory.įive other bereaved mothers - Carol Valentine, Hazel Hunt, Caroline Whitaker, Caroline Jane Munday-Baker and Helen Perry - have written to the Queen. Rose Gentle’s 19-year-old son Gordon was straight out of basic Army training when he was killed by a roadside bomb in Basra. And those most strongly supporting it are the families of the men Blair sent to war who never came home. It wasn’t started by one of the ‘usual suspects’ but by former soldier and committed royalist Angus Scott. More than a million people have signed the petition to have toxic Tony stripped of his honour. Opposition to the move is not confined to the fringes. The Queen is choosing to honour a prime minister who misled her parliament. There is nobody more ill-deserving of a knighthood than this man. Sign up to Suzanne Breen's Politics Unplugged newsletter for expert analysis of what's important at Stormont.Įnter email address This field is required Sign Up
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