She's always been this self absorbed and disingenuous, in a particularly middle class way, and I'm really glad that other women on the Left are starting to read the smallprint on this me, me, me chancer.
What she was classifying as "Maternity leave" during her 2nd pregnancy, wasn't maternity leave. Stella was always going to get her 80K salary per annum, and have the ability to return to her job, irrespective of if she never saw another constituent for the next year, post baby. So she was lying about that.
Having been a contractor, with no paid maternity leave, I’d rather my taxes fund the 20K a year Asda checkout lady who can’t WFH and won't get full pay Mat leave, than the 80K per annum MP, with office staff & a work crèche.