Did Tony Blair Deserve “Philanthropist Of The Year” Award?

Former British Prime Minister, Tony Blair was yesterday, September 2,2014, given the award of “Philanthropist of the Year” by GQ.

The 2014 GQ Men Of The Year Awards held at the Royal Opera House in London, England.

Blair was honoured for his “tireless charitable work”, according to the organizers.

However, the award has caused a furor on the internet, especially Twitter, with many questioning whether he truly deserved it.

Some Twitter users had this to say:

Philanthropist means 'lover of people' not 'lying war criminal responsible for the deaths of over a million people'

Those bewildered about Tony Blair’s award should note that GQ also made Kim Kardashian Woman of the Year. So, yeah, time to move on!

Does the GQ award for philanthropist of the year dispense enough soap to cleaning the blood off Tony Blair's hands? #heavyhandedsatire

I wonder who other Philanthropists of the year have been, Hitler? Stalin? Pol Pot? Tony Blair's award is a f**king joke.

“Tony Blair has won Philanthropist of the Year at the GQ Awards, seeing off tough competition from Kim Jong Un, and ISIS”

— James Headspeath (@JHeadspeath1988) September 2, 2014

People shouldn't be so angry with GQ. I also often confuse the words "philanthropist" and "war monger" #tonyblair

— Sophia Walker (@PoetWalker) September 3, 2014

Meanwhile, GQ Awards producer, Richard Dodson has defended Blair saying that he deserved the award for the work his Faith Foundation had done in developing countries.