"ACCUSING MSPs and ministers of lying was yesterday ruled out of order in Holyrood.
George Reid, the Presiding Officer, said any member of the parliament who used the term would face a "two strikes and you’re out" procedure.
The offending MSP would first be told to apologise - "the yellow card", as Mr Reid put it. If no apology is forthcoming, they would then face expulsion from the chamber for up to one day after the offence.
Any expulsion for a longer period would have to be voted on by MSPs.
Mr Reid’s ruling came after Tommy Sheridan, the leader of the Scottish Socialist Party, repeatedly accused Jack McConnell, the First Minister, of lying - first over the SSP’s drugs policy and then over Iraq.
Yesterday, Mr Sheridan immediately complained that the procedure gave no right of appeal, putting ministers "above the law". "Scotsman