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Calls to strip ex-MP of honour

A former Conservative MP is facing calls to be stripped of his knighthood after the Hillsborough Independent Panel revealed he was one of the sources for The Sun's "The Truth" article in 1989, which contained lies about Liverpool fans in the disaster

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Ex-Tory MP knighthood decision 'down to Forfeiture Committee'

David Cameron's official spokesman said any decision on whether former Conservative MP Sir Irvine Patnick would have his knighthood stripped would be a matter for the independent Forfeiture Committee.

There is a Forfeiture Committee and these decisions are a matter for that committee.

We have an independent committee and it is right to allow that committee to take its own decisions.

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