Campaign To Block Blair Knighthood Highlights Need For Celtic Rejection of British Honours System

Over one million people have now signed a petition to have ex-British Prime Minister Sir Tony Blair stripped of his knighthood. He was given a Knighthood last week. There are however, also plenty of people who believe the whole honours system as it stands in Britain should be abolished, seeing it as a relic of feudalism. Suggesting that Knighthoods and all other royal accolades be replaced with a civic award of some description. 

Certainly the various Celtic countries, if they decide to have an honours system, should have one suitable to their own history and culture. It is ridiculous to be dependent on a British, that really means an English, honours system. Which in effect is the granting of honours to Celts by the very people who colonised them and made a concerted effort to destroy their culture, language and the people themselves.

The whole issue of the honour system will continue to be debated. However, the knighthood of Tony Blair has ignited a particularly hostile reaction. Labour's ex- British Prime Minister Tony Blair is someone who remains very unpopular with the British electorate. A man seen as having blood on his hands for the deaths of civilians and service personnel during and after the Iraq War. In the present anti-Blair knighthood change.org petition the proposer points out that "he was personally responsible for causing the death of countless innocent, civilian lives and servicemen in various conflicts. For this alone he should be held accountable for war crimes".

Image: Depiction of Tony Blair with blood on his hands during demonstration. Image courtesy of Reuters.