Labour MP Dawn Butler kicked out of Commons for calling Boris Johnson a 'liar'

[Emrys]

Brent Central MP Dawn Butler broke the boundaries of parliamentary etiquette by claiming Boris Johnson had "lied... over and over again" during a Commons debate on Thursday
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Ms Butler was ordered to withdraw from the chamber by temporary deputy speaker Judith Cummins following her remarks in a debate this afternoon.
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The MP said: "Poor people in our country have paid with their lives because the Prime Minister has spent the last 18 months misleading this House and the country over and over again."

She highlighted disputed claims made by the PM, adding: "It's dangerous to lie in a pandemic.

"I am disappointed the Prime Minister has not come to the House to correct the record and correct the fact that he has lied to the House and the country over and over again."
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"At the end of the day the Prime Minister has lied to this House time and time again.

"It's funny that we get in trouble in this place for calling out the lie rather than the person lying."
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Ms Butler said: "I've reflected on my words and somebody needs to tell the truth in this House that the Prime Minister has lied."

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/labour-mp-dawn-butler-kicked-24596017

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BBC Politics
@BBCPolitics

The moment Labour MP Dawn Butler asked to leave House of Commons after refusing to withdraw claims PM Boris Johnson "lied to the House and the country over and over again"

bbc.in/3Buj0gW

[Twitter video]

Since parliament was just about to go into summer recess, Butler's suspension effectively lasted an hour, and she was unrepentant on Twitter.

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Dawn Butler MP ✊🏾 💙
@DawnButlerBrent

Earlier after I called Boris Johnson a liar I was thrown out of Parliament immediately.

But he is a liar, and enough is enough. I needed to call it out!

[Twitter video]

Johnson's "disputed claims" Butler referred to are based on the fact that she has functioning eyes, ears and memory, but her statements were also prompted by a video from lawyer/filmmaker Peter Stefanovic which has gathered 27 million views on social media since it was released in early April, when it prompted Caroline Lucas MP and five other Westminster party leaders to ask the Speaker for a vote on an inquiry into Johnson’s "consistent failure to be honest" on the floor of the house:

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Peter Stefanovic
@PeterStefanovi2

27 MILLION VIEWS! 27 MILLION!!!

Working TOGETHER we have sent a powerful message to UK News shows if they won’t hold this Prime Minister to account for his rampant lying in Parliament we will do it ourselves!

How long can you ignore it now @BBCNews?

[Twitter video]

Apparently, the answer is "a little bit longer", as the BBC's coverage has still not referred to Stefanovic's video and its quickfire debunking of Johnson's lies.

If you just can't get enough of lying liar Johnson's lies, you're in luck, as a number of others have gone to some trouble to document them (a Sisyphean task), for example: https://boris-johnson-lies.com/

[Emrys]

1. Here's the full clip of Butler's statement to the House which I couldn't find earlier

(c/w subtitles):

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Dawn Butler MP ✊🏾 💙
@DawnButlerBrent

I have been thrown out of Parliament for saying what we all know:

Boris Johnson has lied to the House of Commons and the country over and over again.

But I’ve got news for the Tories, I will never stop speaking truth to power!

[Twitter video]

[abqtommy]

2. Everybody in the U.K. and worldwide knows that BO "Ya Doesn't Hafta Call Me Johnson" JO

is a liar so what's the big deal? asking for a friend