British MP kicked out of parliament for pointing out that what someone else said was a lie.

[DetlefK]

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-57927398

It's pretty simple: The british parliamentary system works on the honor-system.

* If you do something wrong, you are EXPECTED to resign. You won't get forced to resign. You are expected to resign by yourself.

* If you say something incorrect in parliament, you are EXPECTED to come back and issue a public apology to correct the record.

But this only works for politicians who have shame.

Boris Johnson has no shame.





MP Dawn Butler pointed out in parliament that Boris Johnson had lied in his speeches to parliament.

But, according to arcane rules of the british parliament, it's forbidden to accuse another MP of being liar.

Why?

Because of the "No-True-Scotsman fallacy" that members of the british parliament don't lie and therefore accusing a member of the british parliament of being a liar is an insult and a breach of etiquette.

She was suspended for a day, if I understood correctly.






To recap:

Things you are allowed to do in the british parliament: Lie.

Things you are not allowed to do in the british parliament: Point out that someone has lied.

[TomSlick]

1. It's easy. The correct statement is:

"The right honorable gentleman is mistaken and he knows that he's mistaken."