Clive Lewis was ridiculed for saying he was affirming 'under protest' as he was sworn back in to Parliament last week after the election.
A former Labour frontbencher embarrassingly had to pledge allegiance to the King again today after taking an anti-monarchy swipe first time around.
The Parliamentary authorities give politicians a fair amount of latitude when swearing in, and it is rare to be obliged to try again. But they legally have to speak the core phrases in order to sit in the Commons. 'One day I hope all members of Parliament will be entitled to swear an oath of allegiance based on those values.'
He returned to the House with the last batch of MPs being sworn in this morning, saying he was 'elected to Parliament to represent my constituents and our country to the best of my ability, to defend democracy and uphold human rights'Mr Lewis said he was warned by the Commons authorities that he faced fines and even losing his seat unless he repeated the full wording - including promising loyalty to the King's 'heirs and successors'.
Mr Lewis wrote: 'If I had not re-sworn the oath, then based on a law from 1866, I could be fined, subjected to legal action, and my seat 'shall be vacated in the same manner as if were dead'.Last week Mr Lewis joined his former boss Jeremy Corbyn - now an independent MP after being expelled from Labour - in criticising the oath they have to take to be loyal to the crown.
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