Should Tony Blair receive a knighthood.?

Do you know what aspect of the funeral?

Was it not because he revealed private conversations that he'd had with her? In his book of his memoirs.

Not sure

I suppose it's up to her

I would say no definitely not but that's because of the Iraq war.

I would say definitely not and agree with Millie it should be because of the Iraq war rather than Diana’s funeral. I read that other previous Prime Ministers couldn’t be knighted because Blair hasn’t been but surely you receive any award on merit.

I never knew that mrsmopp but at the time did think TB not being at William and Kate's wedding, despite other former PM's being invited was intended deliberately vindictive.

Yes IMO she was being unreasonable if that was her reason for not awarding him a knighthood. If not for Blair's intervention and strongly 'advising' the Queen to leave Balmoral and return to London, had she left it any longer she may well have received a hostile reception from the public, in conjunction with the one she was already receiving at the hands of the media.

Diana's funeral may not have been what she and other members of the royal family wanted, but it certainly seemed to be what the public in general wanted.

She miss read the mood of the public and underestimated Diana's popularity and if up to the time of Blair it had been usual for a PM to receive a knighthood after their term in office, the Queen's refusal to do was personal. Instead of resenting the part he played in the days following Diana's death, she should have thanked him.

Is the Queen so petty and vindictive? Did he not refuse one on principle?
Is Bercow still whining about not getting a knighthood?

Don't know......don't care.......but why should he?

He should have been given a jail sentence never mind a knighthood imo.

If not for Blair's intervention and strongly 'advising' the Queen to leave Balmoral and return to London, had she left it any longer she may well have received a hostile reception from the public, in conjunction with the one she was already receiving at the hands of the media.

The Queen was looking after her two grandsons who would have been extremely traumatised about what had happened to their mother. They were safe with her. Away from prying eyes and the media.

How dare Tony Blair tell her what to do.

I'd forgotten what an arrogant little man he was

And scrapping the Royal Yacht wasn't his finest hour either.

He didn't "tell her what to do" and what's "scrapping the Royal Yacht" got to do with it. It's the role of the PM to advise the monarch and if the Royal Yacht was so important to her, why didn't she take over the financial burden of keeping it herself?

You just said he advised her. Which is telling her what to do.

The Royal Yacht has a lot to do with it, obviously. Which is probably why she's not bothering with any knighthoods for him

At least he had the decency to regret upsetting her.

Taking the UK into an illegal war and consequently responsible for hundreds if not thousands of deaths no way should Tony Blair be knighted!!!!!

No, advice can be taken or refused; telling someone what to do is not the same thing as advising them.

In answer to the thread title.....”should anyone ?”

And Gordon Brown ?

No. A trial for war crimes would be more appropriate. He was responsible for destroying the safety of this country.

No, they were paid for the job.
For the upper house I believe that it should be voted on proportional representation.

The Iraq war was a disaster as so many members of the general public and a small number of MP's predicted it would be. The anti invasion marches were huge but were ignored. Those of us marching and many who stayed at home, predicted this country would suffer because of that invasion and so we have.
That aside (as if it ever could be) the Blair government achieved Sure Start, improvements in Education, Health, social justice. It wasn't a perfect government but its hard not to compare it with the current gang on incompetents.
I agree with those who say Blair shouldn't be knighted because of the Iraq war.

David Cameron?

David Cameron?

Now if there was an award for cowardice, dereliction of duty and bolting as soon as the going got rough...... he'd be perfect for that award.

The Queen apparently despised his wife as much as him.
He is an odious man with an odious wife.

Yes, it was all rather tacky to disclose that they'd conceived their son whilst staying at Balmoral with the queen, wasn't it? Like... who cares?

Yes, he'd win that award hands down wouldn't he Chewbacca.

And, it’s a No from me.