Stop the War protestors hold anti-Tony Blair demonstration outside Windsor Castle

Hart-left protesters have set up camp in Windsor today to express their anger about Tony Blair’s knighthood, branding him a ‘liar’ and a ‘war criminal’ as the Queen gave him the honour.

The Stop the War Coalition teamed up with members of the Free Assange group on the day the former prime minister was admitted to the Order of the Garter with 150 taking to the streets. 

Dozens holding ‘Bliar’ placards that also compared him to Vladimir Putin gathered at the Queen Victoria statue outside the castle walls, where they chanted: ‘Tony Blair: war criminal’ repeatedly.

But their protest was in vain, after the Queen returned to duties for the first time since the Platinum Jubilee today to make him a knight at a Windsor investiture. 

Mr Blair’s admission to Britain’s oldest order of chivalry was…