Great suggestion indeed!

Good idea!

Agree. That was the most brilliant exposé of the intrinsic corruption and absurdity of the honours system 👏👏👏

They did it again in 1998 when his son Akihito came on a state visit to the UK but this time the police lined the Mall with vans blocking the view from the road. The police also manhandled many of the veterans who ignored their orders to move. One of them was my great uncle Ernie Wilde whose son recorded the whole thing and sent it to the newspapers. To say there was national outrage over it would be an understatement.

@@justonecornetto80 to be fair his son was wholly innocent of any action in ww2, perhaps their actions were inappropriate.

Took a lesson from Watergate.

@@wholeNwon From what I can gather there's certainly a lot of parallels between him and Richard "I'm not a crook" Nixon, only B-liar's far more successful.

Nothing changes around here... now BoJo can't remember asking for dosh for his flat just over a year ago! The state this country is in... oh dear...

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Went up in a huge fire at Iron Mountain Storage at Bromley By Bow Very suspicious fire!

Wah

Well said, it was a disgrace. Since that ban, firearms offences increased, because criminals use illegally smuggled firearms of course.

​@@drstrangelove4998turns out criminals don't follow the law

The biggest understatement of the last 7 days?

He unites the nation..... against him.

He's polite Mark is

@@evolassunglasses4673 British Europeans will be a minority in their own homeland thanks to the superb work of the Kalergi plan.

But he was the only one to break international law, and commit war crimes.I guess that counts too

Mark Felton should do a video on the Kalergi plan. Since British Europeans will be a minority in their own homelands by 2050 or sooner...oy vey

@@rabbicovidstein4421 if that means people like you will be a minority, good.

@@AStonedLemon very anti semetic, and racist. We defeated nazi's like you to bring much needed diversity into Europe.

@@rabbicovidstein4421 says the man who thinks non European immigration is the problem? That is some mental gymnastics right there.

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He is an accomplice to War Crimes by endorsing and enthusiastically supporting the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Remember the Minor fact that so-called WMD were a fiction dreamed up in order to justify the invasion that resulted in the deaths of approx. 1 million Iraqis. I figure that's of trifling significance to most upstanding morally superior British people, but it was an crime against humanity.

Sir Jimmy was mates with Charlie, Rolf painted the Queen. Mountbatten like Jimmy and his personal diaries are not fully available to the public for some reason. Lovely.

In the US you just add it to your name - Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Baron Trump!

..and the class system. I'd rather be praised by the Commonwealth of peasantry.

@@RemusKingOfRome what have you done? Just so I can praise you. Lol 😂

@@scottlewisparsons9551 I didn't sell out to progressive moralism .. I didn't allow religious extremists to invade my home ..

@@RemusKingOfRome sorry, it was supposed to be a joke! All I wanted to do was praise you as I am one of the Commonwealth Peasantry! I live in Australia, however, I consider the current border situation, etc. to be horrible. I also think that Tony Blair and other prime ministers have contributed to how things are now and should not be given any awards. All the best.

I appreciate Mark’s ability to remain neutral and not weigh in with his opinion. The mark of a true historian. Very well said.

The same year Nixon gave Okinawa back.

I remember the kerfuffle when Prince Philip was set to attend Hirohito's funeral. Philip was the royal patron of the Burma Star Association!

Shows you how tone deaf the British Royal Family is.

And if Hitler hadn't committed suicide .....

To the best of my knowledge, Hirohito wasn't responsible for anything that happened. Japan was under a military shogunate at the time, Hirohito was basically placed under house arrest for the duration of the war. Tojo "acting out his wishes" as it were. under Hirohito's tutelage, Japan was democratic.

More deserving than Blair

Let’s get that petition going!

Didn't a Mr Beria say that about his mate Joe!!! Only playing, have a great day

One of a tiny number of knighthoods that I agree were well deserved.

He actually resembles him a bit. (younger version)...

Him and Siouxsie Sioux

The Earl Felton of KZfaq.

Definately

AMEN

I agree, his video productions are the best

Oh, Hee, Hee, Hee......Good One !

Too true

... nice.

@UC3AnatcwQ3q1l5cVvKO2XfQ oh that is so true

As has often been said. He’s entitled to have his words heard and recorded fairly. Preferably whilst in the dock at The Hague, but fairly nonetheless.

@@davidnoelfranks1124 Of course - I knew there must have been something on the memo recommending him as "fit and proper person" to receive the award!

Agreed, the last words in the video really sums up why so many people feel he shouldn't be rewarded with the highest honour in Britain. It seems quite similar to if Churchill was awarded the same because of Gallipoli. Unthinkable basically.

A much more worthy candidate than the usual worthless talking heads.

On par with Obama's Nobel Peace Prize. Although he wasn't the first either.

@@Marci124 Or Kissinger.

Well said 👍

Both Blair and Major deserve their knighthoods as much as Edward Heath did! These three Fifth Column traitors, all owned and paid for by George Soros and His Nazi palsshould have been hanged!

TRUMP immediately came to mind! Well said.

@@garyhiggins6718 Maybe you will troll better once you take your meds

Would that that were true

@@johnburns4017 *most

I vote Jail

I vote noose

@@johnburns4017 me too!

Agreed.

Yes, like the Nobel peace prize. No wait, on second thought, that's a terrible idea.

Jimmy Savile was knighted

I agree with you absolutely. It is not what you do but who you are and it takes away the value of award. There are more deserving people who do more but because they are not noteworthy in the press.

I was sick in stomach as Felton said "British Subject". There lies whole problem with this godforsaken, archaic country. People are "subjects". Not Citizens. Same parasitic noble families still pull strings from behind the curtains. People for hundreds of years been bred here into submission.

@@kevindavis5966 the Nobel prizes have seen some shockers outside of the chemistry, medicine and physics awards.

Spot on bro

In this case, I disagree. Mark appears to be damning Tony Blair, instead of just presenting his opinion of what he believes are the facts.

@@peace-now Hardly.

Also? A fan?

@@peace-now With respect, facts are what journalists should present, historians are a somewhat different species, although in some cases their paths may traverse.

He has no such sensitivity. He loves his place in the limelight.

Well said!

Maybe he asked Lord Prescott for advice on it

@@johnburns4017 Indeed.

He even went after fox hunting.

How brilliantly apt your Grandmother's description is!! 🤣🤣🤣

And all the while, preparing the ground for the Financial Crisis and all that came after.

Don't believe that the Irish troubles are over. They're all just having a rest and a wee think.

@@andrewelliott4436 yeah I highly doubt Lyra McKee’s family thinks they are over…

And, lest we not forget, he was W's 'lap poodle' who propagated the Big Lie of supposed nuclear weapons (WMD's) held by Saddam Hussein. Mr. Blair knew better, but for reasons which would escape any reasonable person, held membership to the big boys club of neoconservatives who sabre rattle above all, and the ticket to fame and glory. So many wasted lives among collation forces, and reputations of the UK and America. What a slap in the face to those who right and truly deserved knighthood.

Thought John Major negotiated that and Blair took the glory later (Ulster)

No you wouldn't. It was be not because of your teachers that you didn't pay attention, but because at your age then you just weren't interested. Probably you thought that you had better things to do.

I have to say, the best teachers are on KZfaq and Mr Felton is one of them.

@@JohnSmith-kb5ku The best teachers are in classrooms.

I beg to differ. I had a very "dramatic" History teacher (Who also was the Drama teacher) and I loved History lessons because he brought it to life and made it relevant to how it all developed into todays world. (It's like this because that happened which led to that happening......) Oh.. This was in the early 70's, before we emigrated to Western Australia and knew nothing of Australian history. I mean.. Off the bat do you know what the Spinifex is or who the people were ?

@@0utcastAussie why can't the OP say that Mark Felton is a good teacher?

Soppy kiss-arse.

I would like to reprimand you Brian. However feel unable to do so. Blair has done so much harm to people of this country and those overseas. Dodgy dossiers, no WMD's found, Dr David Kelly's treatment...

@@alamore5084 I’m shocked shocked I tell you

In the USA, Bill Clinton and Barrack Obama were also "popular" (and Joe Biden will be too, as soon as the pollsters figure out how to frame the questions and whom to poll) -- so what does that tell you?

The only thing 'Major' about him is his surname, everything else about him is very minor indeed.

@@dougearnest7590 to be fair, you yankies consider every president as the worst president ever.... Until the next one.

Blair was when he came to power promising "no more sleaze". My friend voted for him because of that. He died of cancer during Blair's tenure - a very disillusioned man. Tony Blatant Liar my wife always called him.

@@johnbrereton5229 The leftist anger is obvious

We were given a talk by a man who was given the job of investigating organized crime. He said the worst implicated all had the letters S I R in their name.

@@CorePathway Such a pathetic pint of view.

Or may be a pathetic Point of view

Brits don't know this either.

Well us small folk are not supposed to be involved in such matters!!

That is why although the Garter ranks higher, the Thistle has the honorific 'Most *Ancient* and Most Noble Order of the Thistle'.

I'd like to see the order of the thistle rammed up Blairs sphincter, and no anaesthetic preferably! I think it'd look splendid lodged there.

Actually, there are some claims that the Order of the Thistle was founded by Hungus, King of the Picts in the 700's. Not sure about that, though.

Very British....

Reporting politics in the UK is usually without bias

yeah and the entire structure isnt rotten? lmao everything he did was for them.

Oh my ! 😲

@@myopicthunder thats true, the royal families relationship to epstien just to name one thing

@@vanguard6498 Queeny had a photoshoot besides Saddam's golden piano as spoils of victory, they dgaf about the millions theyve killed and displaced over the decades, all a means to an end for their occult belief system.

Correct, he is also a Feminist supporter.

How ironic, this coming from an American

@Steiner Nothing to 'weed' out. You'd be clearing every one of them out.

@@cjay2 About time. We in the 🇺🇸 will be starting soon.

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Tar and Feathers? It's what Irish Republicans used to do to the young Catholic girls who associated with British soldiers. The "punishment" beatings and knee - cappings still go on today - but never seem to appear in the media, for some reason.

This is an excellent point, surely with his views of devolution he should have turned down the offer.

I have no idea why the Lords didn't go down fighting Veto the bill. And why the monarch signed it. A complete destruction of British culture and history. It would have been nice to see Prince William and Prince Harry, the second Earl of Snowden and some 750 hereditary peers take there seats instead of ridiculous Life Peers

Apart from agreeing with everything you said, thank you for your service, Ewen.

But if you lot had not of went over there to do the trigger pulling none of this would happen mate as Blair never fired a shot did he it was you lot that done the killing or am I wrong???? it’s actually conspiracy to murder really... and saying oh I was only following “orders “ ain’t going to cut it either but yous will all face the maker some point in time 👋

@@orwellboy1958 It was my honour to serve with such great ladies and gents. I wouldn't change a thing.

Thank you for your service and sacrifice for the peace of the world. (An American vet of 'Nam)

@@jonnybloggs6790 you voted for Corbyn didn't you? 🤦‍♂️ What an awful comment.

lasting and outstanding contribution beyond their political service = oxymoron

Beautifully put sir. It’s time the gravy train was derailed. I would like to know how much this debacle costs the tax payer, each year.

To reward excellence, what's wrong with a firm hanshake and a "Well done old Chap"!

I will have to agree with the House of Lords: with two exceptions (the Duke of Norfolk, as Earl Marshal of Great Britain and the Marquess of Cholmondeley, as Lord Great Chamberlain), the 92 elected Hereditary peers and all Life Peers should be required to retire at age 75, much like the Senators in the Canadian Senate; the exceptions being the twenty-six senior (arch)bishops in the Church of England, who are required by law to retire from their (arch)bishoprics at age 70 and are only Lords of Parliament by virtue of their office, and the two hereditary Great Officers of State, however upon their 75th birthdays, their spots in the day-to-day deliberations are to be taken by their oldest sons, "lawfully begotten", via Writ of Acceleration, as Lord Maltravers (Duke of Norfolk) and Baron Newborough (Marquess of Cholmondeley) respectively. As for the knighthoods, being the Garter and Thistle, there should be a requirement that only those from the lower knighthoods (Bath, St. Michael & St. George, Royal Victorian, and Order of the British Empire) who have distinguished themselves beyond their initial knighting in the above-mentioned junior orders would only be considered for the Garter (England and Wales) or Thistle (Scotland) when an opening comes up. If anything, the Knight or Dame Commander of the British Empire should only be given to the PM, and only if their service to the Crown warrants such, although HM can also drop a male PM's recognition down to only a Knight Bachelor or not recognize them at all, particularly if a PM was forced out due to a Parliamentary snap election.

So actors shouldn't be recognised either, even if they've won an academy award, because they're just doing their job. Directors of charities, just doing their job. Or is it that you only get recognised if it's your side hustle?

What a honer?

Harry Patch got it right about politicians sending young men off to what is legalised murder, when it's the politicians who should be squaring off to each other.

New Labor did end stagnation of the British economy, so Blair did do some good at number 10. He does have blood on his hands for sure though.

@@johkupohkuxd1697 he ended it by selling all our gold reserves

So true, these people are on drugs giving him a knightgood

@@hafmaint7557 That was Gordon Brown and he didn't sell ALL the gold reserves. From the Daily Mirror "Between July 1999 and March 2002 Gordon Brown's government sold 395 tonnes of UK gold, about 58% of the government's total reserves of 715 tonnes." So Blair was no longer in power

@@johnburns4017 He also conveniently left office just before the economy crashed in 2008.

And he opened the mass immigration gates.

@@evolassunglasses4673 mass immigration? Please...

@@AStonedLemon It increases at a sharper rate in the late 90s.

​@@AStonedLemon Theres been more immigration to the UK since 1994 then there was between 1066 and 1994. I wonder who got elected shortly after 1994.

@@weazels what a silly, ill informed, and considering who’s video you are commenting on, rather historically ignorant comment.

Yep those creeps get one.. Wat a joke the honours r.....

If bojo the clown is awarded I knighthood I predict riots in the streets.

it still had a few bits about ww2 in the end

Mick: And Less Hamilton is a tax cheat, which should disqualify him from any honour, who is too quick to play the 'race card' when actually he is not an uderpriviledged man from an ethnic minority background! I'm not a particular follower of F1 but for years now I have always hoped for anyone but the thoroughly unpleasant Lewis Hamilton winning races or gaining titles. I feel this handing out of knighthoods to sportsmen for just winning a race or receiving an Olympic gold medal, Mo Farah being a classic example, debases the honours system. We can only hope that when Prince Charles becomes king the whole honours system can be brought up to date, for a start removing the word empire from the minor honours, totally inappropriate, years after the dissolution of the British Empire and creating new classes of honours for sporting prowess and the rewarding of 'national treasures' in the arts and for achievement in science, engineering, design etc. We should also cease giving honours to business men and women just for being successful and making lots of money. Isn't that reward enough for them? The other point to mention about Tony Blair's knighthood is that it is merely an honorific and does not confer any real power or status, far more troubling are those men and women made life peers, often for very dubious or even nefarious reasons who sit in the House of Lords where they have real influence on the lives of their fellow citizens!

@@johnhooper7040 Jackie Stewart won 3 world titles and cleared off for tax reasons to this day.

@@andrewoliver8930 So? It doesn't Justify Lewis Hamilton's tax cheating. It simply proves that succesive governments have failed to take robust action against tax cheats.

@@johnhooper7040 Very few people criticise others for the same behaviour as Hamilton. BTW. Donors and rich folks get the policies that they pay for.

Similar to the irony of Thatcher's funeral being paid for by the public purse after her privatisation spree

@@46FreddieMercury91 At least thatcher didnt have an active role to play when it came to deciding anything about her funeral. The funeral also didnt erode british culture, traditions or result in unjustifiable laws. Comparing them is like comparing the damage a christmas cracker can do to what a bomb can do

The "merciless destruction" of tradition was the olive branch Blair had to offer the raving looney left of his party. Prescott and the thugs demanded "revenge" for the miners strike. They still do.

he wasn't all bad then!

Daniel Marsden: Which of Britain's oldest traditions did Tony Blair destroy? I can't think of any. I and many others felt his election as New Labour prime minister in 1997as a reason for joy and hope after the horrendous years of the 1980s when so much of Britain was destroyed by an ideology driven government. The former prime minister who should never have received any honours was Thatcher nor should she have received a sent-state funeral. Dumped downn a former coal mine to the sound of, " Ding dong the wicked witch is dead", would have been more appropriate!

How dare you, I like reptiles🤣

Same!

Good plan, I would like a thorough description of airborne radar and early ECM such as Oboe and Gee.

@@jimdavis8391 there is the remains of a Gee repeater station near where I used to live at Bulbarrow Hill in Dorset. Also the highest point in the county. It seems that the RAF still use the site as a VFR marker for low flying C130’s.

Well said. The Queen cannot seen to be declaring a political position, so as you say either every PM gets the Order or none of them get the Order.

Great pragmatic point.

Yep, good point. I for one very much appreciate the monarchy being apolitical. I assume a reason for the belated appointment was the limit on numbers?

@@vk2ig It has nothing to do with the Queen's personal political opinion, she has awarded the Garter to politicians of all colours. It is all down to who she believes deserves to be honoured, for whatever reason she chooses. I trust her judgement more than I do a howling thoughtless mob, which I see you support.

@@rorykeegan1895 My faith in her judgement is shattered by this decision. Tony is not worthy of anything other than a prison sentence.

Isn't Mick Jagger a knight 👅 ? Lmao

Anyone who buys into the class/honours system is probably a royalist. If you disregard them the titles mean nothing whatsoever

Take note this isn't an ordinary knighthood, this is about the Order of the Garter.

unless you are an artist or a sportsmen - the convention is that you can't get a knighthood unless you have raped or killed at least one child..

Well, if knighthood was good enough for Jimmy Saville, then it fits perfect for someone like Blair.