Article in the Express;
In Piddington, a campaign group of female residents, calling themselves the Women of Piddington, wrote a letter to all the female MPs in Parliament in the past few days highlighting their own security fears - so far not a single female Labour MP has responded.
Only four women MPs have answered the call, with both Reform UK female MPs, Suella Braverman and Sarah Pochin meeting with villagers yesterday in a powerful show of solidarity. Gina Perkin, 37, who has three young children, welcomed the arrival of Ms Braverman and Ms Pochin when she met them with her youngest Zac, aged 10 months, but she did not hold back in her rage against those who have so far stayed silent.
"We should not have to beg the women who represent us to listen to us, stand alongside us and support us," she said.
"And when this situation goes wrong, which it will, we will remember who listened, who acted and who chose to turn away when the woman they serve were asking for help. And we will hold them accountable.
"The system is broken. No one voted for this. We are fighting for our children and their future, and we need to do what we can. We should not be treated as collateral damage in this experiment of theirs."
Fellow mother Alice West, who has three young daughters, said four female MPs acknowledging the campaign was a start, but she very much hoped "more women in Parliament, from across the political spectrum, will now listen to us and add their voices too."
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