Arise Sir Tony (Blair)

[SpookyFrank]

Tbh I thought he'd already got one. I mean John Major did a while ago so not sure why anyone's surprised/outraged really.

Outrage maybe because of the war crimes?

 

[tommers]

Just for political balance , they also gave a knighthood to billionaire hedge fund manager david harding for services to philanthropy (the fact that he has donated 1.5 million quid to them is entirely coincidental)

Hahaha haha. Amazing. A Billionaire and their "services to philanthropy".

 

[Artaxerxes]

Outrage maybe because of the war crimes?

It's only war crimes when another country does it

 

[Spandex]

I've decided that I should award myself either a Marquess-hood or a Viscount-hood. The Marquess is higher in the rankings, but the Viscount is also a tasty biscuit whose shiny foil is appealing.

My grandad's neighbour, who was just some woman on a council estate in Leyton, declared herself a Lady. She had those little address stickers that you used to get printed with 'Lady Glynis Whateverhersurnamewas' on them and all her utility bills were addressed as such.

 

[High Voltage]

I'm led to believe that you can call yourself pretty much what you want to as long as its not for fraudulent purposes

 

[Sasaferrato]

Tbh I thought he'd already got one. I mean John Major did a while ago so not sure why anyone's surprised/outraged really.

What makes it strange beyond belief is that it is an appointment as KG. This is solely in the monarch's gift.
Why the fuck would the Queen appoint that vile man as KG, and why now?

It is limited to 24 people (plus royal supernumeraries) so there is an element of dead people's shoes, but there have been vacancies before now.

Completely inexplicable.

 

[DotCommunist]

Yeah it's all 'Knight Commander of the Commode of Saint Sebastian' and shit.

does he outrank saville now then?

 

[JimW]

Is he a full on Catholic now? Though expect Dukes of Norfolk have been left foot garter knights.

 

[Sue]

What makes it strange beyond belief is that it is an appointment as KG. This is solely in the monarch's gift.
Why the fuck would the Queen appoint that vile man as KG, and why now?

It is limited to 24 people (plus royal supernumeraries) so there is an element of dead people's shoes, but there have been vacancies before now.

Completely inexplicable.

Wait, what, the queen was wrong...? We'll have you singing the Inernationale by Easter .

 

[Sasaferrato]

Is he a full on Catholic now? Though expect Dukes of Norfolk have been left foot garter knights.

Yes, not the current one.

 

[DotCommunist]

Is he a full on Catholic now? Though expect Dukes of Norfolk have been left foot garter knights.

he swiched denominations pretty much straight after leaving office. Couldn't get the taint of Anglicanism washed away quick enough.

 

[platinumsage]

What makes it strange beyond belief is that it is an appointment as KG. This is solely in the monarch's gift.
Why the fuck would the Queen appoint that vile man as KG, and why now?

It is limited to 24 people (plus royal supernumeraries) so there is an element of dead people's shoes, but there have been vacancies before now.

Completely inexplicable.

Perhaps he finally poisoned Philip.

 

[teuchter]

I think it's a great move by the Queen. I expect she's having a little laugh about it now. It'll wind up extremists at both ends of the political spectrum, while most sensible people just recognise he was the most competent and popular PM we've had in ages, and don't care about the honours system anyway.

 

[Kaka Tim]

pretty standard for ex pms to get knighted. noncey heath, wilson, callaghan, the dalek, john major all got ennobled. presumably piggy Cameron and Theresa May will be next. Johnsons may buck the trend if he continues to so spectacularly shit the bed. Theres probably some sort of protocal -

 

[JimW]

I think it's a great move by the Queen...

Should have declared him heir apparent.

 

[Carvaged]

My grandad's neighbour, who was just some woman on a council estate in Leyton, declared herself a Lady. She had those little address stickers that you used to get printed with 'Lady Glynis Whateverhersurnamewas' on them and all her utility bills were addressed as such.

I signed my Mum up to Waitrose as a Dowager, I always laugh when she gets stuff in the post from them now.

It's hella fucking amusing (and depressing) that most humans attach so much value to meaningless titles, honorifics, epithets and the like.

 

[MickiQ]

I'm not sure what he actually gets from this to be honest, the name Tony Blair (former PM) must pretty much open every door for him anyways, I can't see how Sir Tony Blair would change that much. Pretty much most people in the western world know who he is and anyone he is likely to want to speak too is definitely going to know who he is.
I seem to remember hearing that Brenda actually liked him as a person but strongly disliked Maggie.

 

[MickiQ]

I signed my Mum up to Waitrose as a Dowager, I always laugh when she gets stuff in the post from them now.

It's hella fucking amusing (and depressing) that most humans attach so much value to meaningless titles, honorifics, epithets and the like.

Stop wasting my time on lesser ranks, let's go for the fully monty here. His Grace the Duke MickiQ has got a nice ring to it, though I suspect Mrs Q will not be happy if I refer to her as Duchess

 

[SpineyNorman]

I think it's probably an offering by the queen to Satan, in return for which he will keep her rancid carcass breathing throughout 2022.

 

[Carvaged]

I'm not sure what he actually gets from this to be honest, the name Tony Blair (former PM) must pretty much open every door for him anyways, I can't see how Sir Tony Blair would change that much. Pretty much most people in the western world know who he is and anyone he is likely to want to speak too is definitely going to know who he is.
I seem to remember hearing that Brenda actually liked him as a person but strongly disliked Maggie.

I'm pretty sure to all those True Believers™ in the worlds of politics and business, the titles are a big deal. Which I guess goes to show that deep down most of them are completely fucking broken and in desperate need of continuous validation and recognition to feel relevant and privileged.

 

[AmateurAgitator]

Having a knighthood is meaningless anyway. If the queen approves of you that much there's a good chance you're a complete arsehole. David Bowie, Benjamin Zephaniah and Bob Hoskins were all spot on about knighthoods and were right to reject them. And it's not as if they needed them is it?

 

[Spandex]

It's hella fucking amusing (and depressing) that most humans attach so much value to meaningless titles, honorifics, epithets and the like

Yeah, it's stupid innit

I helped Sir John Mortimer go to the toilet once. He was no different from any other old person I've helped go to the toilet.

 

[Kevbad the Bad]

I think it's a great move by the Queen. I expect she's having a little laugh about it now. It'll wind up extremists at both ends of the political spectrum, while most sensible people just recognise he was the most competent and popular PM we've had in ages, and don't care about the honours system anyway.

Is your New year's resolution to become even more of a wind-up merchant? What's extreme about opposing invasion of another country, expropriation of its resources by other powers, creation of civil war and division and mass migration and economic collapse, all on a supposition which proved to be untrue right from the start? So Blair was competent at aiding and abetting mass murder? What's so great about that?

 

[teuchter]

It's extreme in the sense that viewing Tony Blair as a mass murderer is way out of whack with what most people in the UK think. It doesn't make it right or wrong. But acting all surprised when one of the UK's most popular politicians gets a knighthood is very silly. Peak u75.

 

[YouSir]

It's extreme in the sense that viewing Tony Blair as a mass murderer is way out of whack with what most people in the UK think. It doesn't make it right or wrong. But acting all surprised when one of the UK's most popular politicians gets a knighthood is very silly. Peak u75.

He isn't popular though, not outside of a small clique of centrists. There's no mass support for him, people across the spectrum dislike and definitely distrust him. Even those who don't care about Iraq view him as a greedy, self serving gobshite.

 

[DotCommunist]

Tony Blair popularity & fame | YouGov

Tony Blair is the 6th most popular Labour politician and the 14th most popular politician & political figure. Explore the latest YouGov polling, survey results and articles about Tony Blair.

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Both milipedes ranked higher than Blair. I though D Miliband would be lower for some reason.

 

[platinumsage]

Tony Blair popularity & fame | YouGov

Tony Blair is the 6th most popular Labour politician and the 14th most popular politician & political figure. Explore the latest YouGov polling, survey results and articles about Tony Blair.

yougov.co.uk

Both milipedes ranked higher than Blair. I though D Miliband would be lower for some reason.

Interesting stats. I note that Charles Grey, the 2nd Earl Grey is the second most popular prime minister of all time amongst millenials.

 

[Gramsci]

Not sure what is meant by "sensible" people. People I know or have worked with I'd say largely see Tony Blair as leader who lied over WMD and took country into an unnecessary war.

Iraq is what has defined his legacy.

 

[Kevbad the Bad]

It's extreme in the sense that viewing Tony Blair as a mass murderer is way out of whack with what most people in the UK think. It doesn't make it right or wrong. But acting all surprised when one of the UK's most popular politicians gets a knighthood is very silly. Peak u75.

I just looked him up on yougov. Less popular than Boris Johnson, Neville Chamberlain and William Pitt the Younger. Says quite a lot. Btw, few on here are expressing surprise. Business as usual.

 

[Spymaster]

I think this is a very well deserved knighthood.