Jess Phillips

[uneffingbelievable]

What a brave lady.

Whilst I am not an ardent Labour supporter, I completely support you and how you have stood up to the bullying, racism, violence and hatred sent your way.

Sad that your family could not be there to see your victory but under the circumstances you made the right choice.

That this country is allowing this type of intimidation and behaviour - we should be ashamed of ourselves.

The more that politicians of all stripes have to come face to face with the fallout of their decisions the better for us a nation.

Like Jo Cox did? Like David Amess did? You really want more of that?

And they were shouting "Nazi"

They could face it by hearing testimonies, meeting community leaders.
You know, doing the stuff that is the job. NOt being threatened and intimidated

The American spelling of the word Labour is irrelevant as it’s the name of a British political party!

Wow Rachel Reeves first female chancellor! 👏

I like AR, she has truly worked her way up, she deserves huge credit.

If the streets aren't safe for politicians how can they be safe for anyone else?

If the politicians ha e policies that let butters run amok in society then they should deal with it. Not demand special protection and then let the rest of us fend for ourselves.

What is the process where people debase their own worth and elevate that of mediocre nobodies who just happen to grift of the political system.

I think “it’s a broad church” covers it.

But also some activist types can’t countenance anything less than moral purity on their issue of choice. And will be properly nasty to those that don’t comply.

I think it slightly disturbing to hear that there are actively misogynistic campaigns pressuring voters to not elect women for religious reasons.

That’s an extremely worrying development.

It probably was "community leaders" that were shrieking at her. That's the point.

She was being heckled because she's a member of Friends of Israel, a cross party movement

who have been emboldened by the cesspit that the last 4 years in particular have been

They could face it by hearing testimonies, meeting community leaders.
You know, doing the stuff that is the job

Which is exactly what Jo Cox and David Ames were doing when they were murdered - holding constituency surgeries. How long will it be before JP is advised by the police that for her to hold surgeries is dangerous?

Tbf while she has not been clear about what her own views are on all that, she has consistently condemned the abusive behaviour (although sometimes obliquely).

She voted 'No' to a ceasefire so think I'll save my 'brave' comments to the women and children of Gaza having their limbs blown apart in a genocide. 'Brave' would be appropriately used for the children and people of Gaza having operations including c-sections without anaesthesia.
You can pick and choose when to support women but it comes across as racist and the people of Gaza are a million miles braver than an MP who didn't have it in her to call for a ceasefire. What kind of a human being doesn't call for a ceasefire?

I think she is a disgrace and cares not a jot for the females of Gaza. Weaponsing 'womanhood' is hypocritical when she said no to a ceasefire which would have saved a lot of female lives in Gaza not to mention lessened the physical and psychological horror they are experiencing.

There is 500 billion worth of gas off the coast of Gaza. Is that of more interest to her?!

she was more than heckled
She's had death threats, tyres slashed etc

Slightly disturbing?

Downright terrifying.

As is candidates being voted in for the main reason to sort out foreign affairs in a country that hasn't had elections since 2006.

And people are saying they are terrified of reform.

Why the hate for Angela Rayner?

You can think she is disgraceful- that's fine but you cannot condone criminal violence and aggression towards her

There was an interview with a muslim on Radio 5 from a constituency that had elected an Independent. He sounded like a gentle, middle-aged, concerned person. He said his priorities were Palestine, low wages, no savings for a rainy day, high rents, and the state of the health service and he was looking forward to seeing what his new MP will do to improve those things for his community.

Well the answer is nothing. Why does he think one person, with no ties to other political parties, no vision, no power, no resources, no broad manifesto or political experience will be able to solve any of those issues? Total waste of a vote.

Shameful. I really fear for the UK. Some very intolerant views are basically the norm now. Misogyny is the standard in many parts of the world and it has been imported.

Im not a racist by the way. Half Indian.

I’m sorry but this is not the vicitmhood olympics.

She and her team have been abused and intimidated. At a meeting held by Shabana Mahmood (Labour MP in neighbouring constituency), the meeting was interrupted by masked men. People’s tired have been slashed. They are filmed and followed.

She has stood there on TV, in front of a crowd, while these men continue to heckle and abuse her.

And she didn’t cower. She said exactly what she thought.

Yea she’s very bloody brave!

This is the UK general election, not a bloody referendum on the beliefs of the residents of Birmingham on the Palestinian-Israeli situation.

I heard the footage. They were pro-Palestinian supporters. And all the voices I could hear were male. That's uncomfortable, it makes talking about it uncomfortable, and it's further discomfiting to recognise the (many) different angles the threats to women's rights in 2024 are emanating from. I'm of a broadly pro-Palestinian stance although I also believe the rise in anti-Semitism in the UK is shocking, and drawing these conclusions isn't comfortable for me; nonetheless they are the ones I've drawn from this scenario.

This repulsive display wasn't solely predicated on Labour's policies, nor was it a 'consequence' of their policies as claimed by some infuriating cop-outers on this thread. That is, unless you believe gangs of men terrorising and threatening women is a-okay to the extent that she can't even have her family with her when standing in an election. Odd that she mentioned Jo Cox, because that was the name at the back of my mind when these yobs kicked off and it made my blood run cold. What this was, was undiluted, cold, contemptuous hatred of women - the only form of 'hate' which is not considered a hate crime. Jess Phillips recognised that, and to her credit threw it right back at them. She saw that they had homed in on a female MP having made things very difficult indeed on her campaign, hence her 'worst election' comment. The incidents she relayed in that acceptance speech were shocking.

What next? Women being too afraid and too intimidated to stand in elections for any party?

Is that the intention?

I’m in favour of a ceasefire and think the suffering in Gaza is horrific, but I don’t think people are going to win much favour by issuing death threats and behaving like intimidating, abusive arseholes.

Lot of apologists for abusers here, with their "now look what you made me do" spiel to justify a beating.

George Galloway I have long thought to be a misogynist. Seems not just the only one in his party.

Being half Indian would make you not Islamophobic how??