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Bridget Phillipson

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  1. “Was pretty miserable, both in terms of where the Labour Party was, but it was also that period where there was everything going on with Brexit. It was a very volatile period for the country. Like a lot of female MPs received a lot of abuse, unpleasantness, threats. I don't like to dwell on that too much because I think there is a risk that you make politics sound so unattractive that”

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  2. “I was 13 and 97 when I was at secondary school when Labour would actually my daughter will be 13 later this year so hopefully there'll be a repeat there that we can I can give her the Labour government that I also was able to experience from the age of 13 onwards we've had our ups and downs in the Labour Party in recent years it's not been it's not been wonderful but I always believed and the reason I got involved in the Labour Party and in politics is that politics should be a force for good in people's lives and I'm glad that the Labour Party is now in a better position to actually advance the interests of working people across our country in a way that it just frankly wasn't under Jeremy Corbyn.”

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  3. “Well, I've just gone back a step. I first joined the Labour Party when I was 15. So that was in 1998. So quite an exciting time.”

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  4. “I've had no interest in serving under Corbyn, no. I mean, that was other people concluded differently, but for me, I was on the Public Accounts Committee. I really enjoyed that. That was a great place to be. I learnt a lot. And I was about bencher.”

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  5. “But it felt like in terms of the people that worked there, for example, it didn't feel really representative of the city in which it was in, and that is starting to improve.”

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  6. “The building itself is just incredible to be able to work in such an historic place is just special every day. Every day you walk in, it's just an amazing place to be. I think there is a lot you can do as a backbencher. I mean, admittedly, that's a bit easier from government rather than from opposition. You know, the first time I spoke in Parliament was in David Cameron's first Prime Minister's questions as Prime Minister. So that was quite a big moment to speak for the first time in PMQs, even ahead of making a maiden speech. But Parliament has changed in that time. It's changed from the place that I arrived in in 2010. It's become better for those of us who have children, have younger children, both of my children have been born while I've been an MP, you know, the addition of on-site nursery, the culture has changed. I think it's a more diverse place overall. It felt quite traditional and a bit old-fashioned. I mean, I personally have always quite liked a lot of the tradition and the ways of doing things.”

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  7. “That was always going to be a stretch, but we've, and we take nothing for granted, we've still got an election to fight and win, but we've made it very, very hard on ourselves. And the consequence of that has been that many of the people that I represent have had a really hard time of it in recent years. And it breaks my heart to see so many people depending on food banks, the struggles that people are facing day to day, and how life is a daily grind for too many people”

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  8. “It was a really funny time because obviously we in the Labour Party had just left government, but there wasn't a government in place, the coalition negotiations were still happening. So it was really special and it was really special to have been elected to represent the community that I'm from. So I felt a real sense of responsibility, but it wasn't a great time for the Labour Party. I didn't think we'd be out for 14 years, but here we are.”

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  9. “As an adult, I can't conceptually get my head around how you could do that. I just can't understand how you would do that. But I don't feel any sense of bitterness. I feel like I've had a wonderful family and lots of support. And it would have been easier for my mum if there'd been two incomes. You know, we had a pretty tough because, you know, she was on her own, couldn't work when I was younger that made life tough for us. The one thing I do recall was when in the 90s, when the Conservatives were bringing in the child support agency saying to my mum, how is it that he contributes nothing? I mean, I'm not exaggerating when I say he gave us not a single penny and thinking there was an unfairness there. But you could spend your life regretting the things that you didn't have and I prefer to focus on the good fortune I've had in lots of ways. I just want that for other people too.”

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  10. “I've never missed what I've not had. So I always felt really lucky to have a wonderful and supportive family. And the close relationship I did have was with my granddad, who was a really big influence on my life. His family came over from Ireland. He then moved to Scotland. He served in the Second World War. So much of my upbringing was sat with him reading, hearing about his experiences. He then went on to train as a nurse just when the NHS was being set up. So he was a really important influence on my life.”

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  11. “So, as you say, my mum brought me up on her own. My dad disappeared off the scene when she was pregnant. So I wasn't meant to be in the world. So it was a bit of a surprise all around. I grew up in a council street in Washington in the northeast. It wasn't a great time in the northeast in the 80s and 90s. The street was very run down. Youth unemployment was high, crime was high. But I was from a really loving family. My mum is amazing. My grandparents were not far away and were a big help. And education was really, really important to me and I was very fortunate to come from a family where that was supported and encouraged, especially my granddad, who was forever giving me books and doing timetables with me and really valued education and went to great schools and that set me up in the future.”

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