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A FORMER Sheffield MP who spread lies about the Hillsborough disaster should be stripped of his knighthood, MPs have said.
Former Lord Mayor of Liverpool Steve Rotheram, now a Labour MP, said the forfeiture committee should consider taking away the honour given to ex-Tory MP Sir Irvine Patnick.
Sir Irvine, who was revealed as one of the sources behind The Sun’s controversial and now-discredited coverage of the tragedy, has since said he was “deeply and sincerely sorry” for spreading lies about drunken fans.
But Mr Rotheram said: “I think if there was ever a job for the forfeiture committee, surely the scrapping of Patnick’s knighthood would be it.”