Last time Blair was humanitarian, a million Iraqis died

Pseudocharity Save the Children presented Tony Blair with an humanitarian award. Their staff is not happy:

Amid widespread criticism on social media, many of the charity’s staff have complained that the presentation of the award has discredited Save the Children (STC). An internal letter, which gathered almost 200 signatures – including senior regional staff – in the first six hours of dissemination, said the award was not only “morally reprehensible, but also endangers our credibility globally”, and called for it to be withdrawn.

It said that staff wished to distance themselves from the award and demanded a review of the charity’s decision-making process.

“We consider this award inappropriate and a betrayal to Save the Children’s founding principles and values. Management staff in the region were not communicated with nor consulted about the award and were caught by surprise with this decision,” it said.

The move has also raised questions about Save the Children’s (STC) integrity and independence because of close links between the former British prime minister and key figures at the charity’s helm.

You do wonder about people still sucking up to Blair years after he left power, this sycopanthic pandering to the illusion of power that was also behind e.g. Obama’s Nobel Prize before he even was in office. It neatly shows how little organisations like this have to do with actual charity or wanting to make the world a better place and how much it is there to salve the egos of monsters wanting to think of themselves as “liberal”.