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More than 600,000 people have signed a petition calling for former Prime Minister Tony Blair to have his knighthood removed days after Queen Elizabeth awarded him with the title despite his infamous involvement in war crimes during the US-led invasion of Iraq.
A Southend man was one of the first to sign a petition to scrap Tony Blair's knighthood.
We surely have bigger things to worry about than Blair wearing a garter from the queen.
The former Labour Prime Minister, the first and only person to date to lead the party to three consecutive general election victories, was the most controversial name in the Queen 's New Year Honours list.
A petition calling for the knighthood to be rescinded has been signed by more than 380,000 people. At 100,000, petitions are 'almost always debated' in Parliament.