[snugs]

I must be out of the loop on this one as I had not heard anything about denying honours to Blair or Baroness Thatcher.

It is not up to the Politicians though that is down to the Queen and her advisers or the Prime Minister at the time.

I defend Blair as PM and supporter of the WOT on terror but as regards anything else in my book he is just another left wing politician that I want out of office.

[Phsstpok]

I'll look for the reference on the issue of folks lobbying to block honors.

I remember it was specifically tied to Blair leaving office and that there was a normal Royal honor associated with ex Prime Ministers and that some were trying to force the Monarchy to not issue it. IIRC there was also reference to similar efforts against any further honors for Baroness (I had forgotten that one) Thatcher.