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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Ben Glaze

How the 90-day Partygate ban Boris Johnson faced compares with other MPs' punishments

Boris Johnson escaped being hit with one of Parliaments toughest-ever punishments for lying to MPs because he quit the Commons before the Privileges Committee could deliver its devastating verdict.

Had the former Prime Minister will have been an MP, he would have faced a 90-day suspension for misleading the House on multiple occasions and then attacking the integrity of the committee, as well as breaking its confidence.

Here, we examine how it compares to other suspensions dished out over the decades

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