Jess Phillips MP
The Guardian
United Kingdom
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Women suffer guilt, abuse and disapproval. No wonder Jacinda Ardern is knackered
We worry about our families, ourselves, the threats and society’s expectations. When it leads to burnout, can anyone be surprised?, says MP and author Jess Phillips → Read More
Jess Phillips: Where are all the senior women in Rishi Sunak’s cabinet?
I can already hear the rebuttal that Liz Truss was a woman and she was dreadful, but that argument only holds if you think Truss is the embodiment of all women and her failure belongs to us all → Read More
Jess Phillips: This is what I witnessed last night in parliament – it was not OK
It wasn’t a pleasant scene – and not one I have seen in my seven years in Westminster → Read More
Yes, Labour is now on an election footing. Do you blame us?
The chancellor sacked, a U-turn on the mini-Budget expected – of course Labour is preparing to take office → Read More
This is how Birmingham will ‘welcome’ the Tories for their conference
I invite any member of the cabinet who is in my city this week to pull their heads out of the sand and come to my office for the day. My constituents wouldn’t be rude, but they would be honest → Read More
A better way is possible with Labour – I know; I lived it
The Labour Party knows it, but the Tories never seem to learn: we are all better off when we are all better off → Read More
David Trimble was a political giant – but his legacy is at risk
Thanks to politicians like him, my little boys grew up never worrying about going to the shops at Christmas → Read More
Boris Johnson lives on in Truss and Sunak – and the country knows it
The candidates to be our next prime minister are only moral and principled when it is convenient for their ambitions – Boris Johnson can be truly proud of his legacy → Read More
Tory leadership race: There’s one thing none of the candidates are talking about – and it’s not good enough
None of the main contenders have been asked once what they did to prevent Chris Pincher being given the job of deputy chief whip → Read More
Boris Johnson is the worst prime minister of my lifetime – and I grew up under Thatcher
I don’t know how the Conservative Party and its MPs have stomached his behaviour for so long → Read More
I don’t regret my abortion – stop trying to make women feel guilty for being angry about Roe v Wade
I know what is right for me because I am a grown woman. I don’t feel sad about a child that never was → Read More
Wakefield voters chose Labour – the Tories should be honest about why
The problem is Boris Johnson and 12 years of failure. It wasn’t some non-existent pact between Labour and the Lib Dems → Read More
The only plan for this government now is to save Boris Johnson’s skin and offer red meat
The government doesn’t even have a short-term strategy, only an obsession with tomorrow’s headlines and pointless slogans → Read More
Depp and Heard won’t hear your view of the trial verdict – but your friends who are silent victims will
Abused women are watching while all this goes on. They are learning that their silence is the safest option → Read More
Is there nothing the Tory cabinet will not try to have a culture war about?
Criticism of people working from home is utter nonsense in a dying culture war that looks more ridiculous every day → Read More
This government’s only response to the rising cost of living is to cut more jobs
Where is the women and equalities minister on how women are being hurt by the rising cost of living? → Read More
Boris Johnson allowing a ‘Sexist of the Year’ award would come as no surprise to anyone
The jokes don’t matter. The outcome of letting the jokers rule is the real problem → Read More
Give me strength! Tory sleaze has nothing to do with the ‘culture’ at Westminster
I am going to scream from the rooftops if I hear another government minister or Tory MP use the excuse that ‘culture’ is to blame for their inability to behave appropriately or tell the truth → Read More
We are all Angela Rayner: Sexism and misogyny in politics is something every woman in the Commons expects
The level of woman-loathing I have come across in Westminster is unrivalled by any place I have ever worked or lived → Read More
Make no mistake – Boris Johnson is kicking the can down the road to buy himself more time in office
Instead of just coming clean, he has hatched a calculated plan in an attempt to quell the anger felt by the British public → Read More