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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Rachael Bletchly

'Boris Johnson is a dishonourable MP who broke the law and refused to resign'

In the arcane language of Parliament every MP is an ­“honourable” member.

Those appointed to Her Majesty’s Privy Council get an extra bit of ­flummery and are referred to as “the Right Honourable Member”.

Most Brits today resent this anachronistic tradition, believing that our ­lawmakers should act like members of the 21st century rather than the 18th.

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