In so doing, he marched the bank off a cliff edge, landing taxpayers with a £45-billion bailout and helping precipitate the worst recession since the 1930s, before leaving with a £342,000 a year pension. As the dominant figure in RBS, he oversaw the bank’s breakneck expansion, buying up businesses with barely a thought to their viability and splashing out other people’s money to borrowers who could never repay. In an recent editorial, the paper thundered, More than any other individual, Sir Fred Goodwin personifies the greed and recklessness that caused the banking crisis of 2008, from which every family will be suffering for at least a generation. Opinion writers at the Daily Mail have been baying for Goodwin’s blood for some time. News of the £963,000 ($1.4-million) payout came just days after Cameron urged shareholders to rein in chief executives’ pay. Some commentators believe the move is a smokescreen, coming as it does only days after David Cameron, the Prime Minister, was caught wrongfooted, approving a bonus to the current RBS head, Stephen Hester. This found Goodwin “was the dominant decision maker at RBS” when it had to be bailed out by the government to the tune of an eye-watering £45-billion to £50-billion ($70-billion to $78-billion). The monarch personally approved the decision, following the recommendations of a secretive committee of civil servants. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.Rose Gentle's son Gordon was killed in Basra in 2004 Petition to Rescind Tony Blair’s Knighthood Gets Hundreds of Thousands of Signatures Written by BHFN on JanuLONDON By tradition, former British prime ministers are honored by Queen Elizabeth some years after leaving 10 Downing Street, so the elevation of Tony Blair to a knighthood on New Year’s Day could have been a routine event. Ms Gentle, who signed the petition, has previously called on Mr Blair to be arrested for war crimes and was responsible for the 'murder' of her son. Speaking to the Daily Record, Ms Gentle said: "“Instead of standing in front of the Queen being made a Sir with that stupid grin on his face, he’d be better going to the cemetery and standing in front of my son’s grave to see what he’s done. Rewarding Scotland's top hero's! 2022 New Years Honours list revealedįollowing Gordon’s death, Rose campaigned tirelessly in his memory, setting up Military Families Against the War, the Justice 4 Gordon Gentle campaign and speaking out about the Government’s handling of the Iraq war.Blair faces backlash after FINALLY becoming ‘Sir Tony’ in New Year Honours.He should have been locked up a long time ago.” Read More Related Articles “I was gutted when I heard he’s to be knighted. She is now supporting a campaign to have Blair’s knighthood taken back. The gran of three said: “I’ve written to the honours committee asking why this man has been made a knight. It’s an insult to the fallen and their families. SNP ministers urged to catch up with Boris Johnson on ventilation for Scottish schools.Husband of Bible John victim calls on Police Scotland to investigate new leads.“I’ve also signed an online petition along with more than 250,000 other people who are disgusted at this. “It’s bad enough for me and Gordon’s two sisters having to start another new year without him. “My heart goes out to my daughters, being hit with this when they should be looking forward to a new year with their own families. “Gordon would have been 37 on December 23 and, every day, I wake up thinking about him, and go to bed thinking about him. “But I’ll never know because of Tony Blair." “I wonder if he’d have been married by now, with children of his own who’d have had his outgoing and funny nature. There are several petitions on the website calling for Blair's honour to be removed, with the biggest having over 350,000 signatures since it was started two days ago. The petition states: "Tony Blair caused irreparable damage to both the constitution of the United Kingdom and to the very fabric of the nation's society. 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. Labour fears workers missing out from 100 million hours of unpaid overtimeĪ devastating report by Sir John Chilcot in 2016 found Blair had overplayed evidence about Saddam Hussein’s weaponry and ignored peaceful means to send troops into the country.īlair then said he would “take the same decision” to invade Iraq again if he was presented with the same intelligence, as he set out a defiant defence after being savaged by Chilcot’s conclusions."Tony Blair is the least deserving person of any public honour, particularly anything awarded by Her Majesty the Queen."įormer Labour leader Blair, along with then American president George W Bush, has faced years of criticism over the Iraq War.
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