Tony Blair, Infanticide Endorser is Rewarded by Save The Children by Felicity Arbuthnot

Updated: Nov. 27, 2014

by Felicity Arbuthnot
Writer, Dandelion Salad
London, England
November 23, 2014

Blair wears the American flag - Tony Blair protest, Chilcot Iraq Inquiry 21 January 2011

Image by Chris Beckett via Flickr

“At Save The Children we want to delight and surpass your expectations.” (Save The Children website, complaints page)

When the Orwellianly name “Middle East Peace Envoy” Tony Blair was named “Philanthropist of the Year” by GQ Magazine in September for “his tireless charitable work” (tell that to the dismembered, dispossessed, traumatized of Iraq, Afghanistan) there was widespread disbelief. Mind stretching though, it was hardly a heavyweight accolade, coming from a publication with, seemingly, a strange fetish for David Beckham’s knickers and little grounding in reality. Continue reading