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Zarah Sultana has been thrown out of the Commons chamber by Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle in a unprecedented showdown after calling Sir Keir Starmer a “barefaced liar”.

The Your Party MP now faces a probable suspension from the Commons for 5 days for failing to withdraw her remark concerning the Prime Minister.

Left-winger Ms Sultana is a former Labour MP and now a member of Your Party alongside Jeremy Corbyn.

In a query, the Your Party MP (Coventry South) mentioned: “We all know that the Prime Minister appointed Mandelson because he owes his job to him. He appointed him, he defended him, and now he claims to know nothing.

“He is gaslighting the nation. So let’s call this out for what it is. The Prime Minister is a bare-faced liar.”

Sir Lindsay mentioned: “Leave now, I’ll name you otherwise, I’d go now if I were you.

“I’ve given the option to name. I’d leave if I were you, very quickly.”

Ms Sultana tried to interject and mentioned: “I have a duty to the House to tell the truth.”

Sir Lindsay held a vote, introduced by Government whip Gen Kitchen which mentioned: “I beg to move that Zarah Sultana be suspended from the services of the House.”

“Leave, I’m sorry you’ve done this, I really am,” Sir Lindsay mentioned.

Sir Keir was answering questions within the Commons over his resolution to nominate Lord Peter Mandelson because the UK’s ambassador to the US following the revelation he failed safety vetting.