Article 6JWCW Political pressure is great. Bullying MPs like me at home is utterly wrong | Jess Phillips

Political pressure is great. Bullying MPs like me at home is utterly wrong | Jess Phillips

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Jess Phillips
from US news | The Guardian on (#6JWCW)

The right to demonstrate is vital in a democracy. But protests outside my house put me at immense risk

Last week, someone didn't just wish me to feel pain now. Their hope was that in the afterlife I would experience eternal suffering. Ten out of 10 for flair. Someone once sent me an email about which of my orifices they would like to pour molten metal into - it was all of them, described in glorious detail.

I have a special file of restraining orders - I felt weird putting them with my other important documents. It didn't seem fitting to file them next to my sons' birth certificates. Multiple men have served time in prison for attacks or threats of attacks on me. One remains in prison today, serving a 10-year sentence for various crimes against me and others.

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