Frontbencher says MPs face extreme trauma but are ‘just expected to deal with it as part of your job’
The Labour frontbencher Jess Phillips has opened up about taking anti-anxiety medication amid the experiences and attacks she has faced as an MP, but said: “I’m a tough old bird.”
The Westminster Bridge terrorist attack and the murder of two parliamentarians – Jo Cox and David Amess – had caused “extreme trauma”, Phillips said, but MPs were “just expected to deal with it as part of your job”.
