Yes, a couple of the examples are a bit clumsy, yes, she doesn’t talk about *everything* as despite the title she is mainly talking from her own experience but there are some very important straight to the point good ideas in here and I give her five stars for that alone. I imagine people who like Phillips will like this book too, as it largely mirrors her public profile (which to be fair is consistent with her position that she is 'just herself' as an MP) of a down to earth Champion of Women's Rights. So this not only proves nothing, but would also allow nepotistic employers to choose their mates for the top jobs so long as they can find some examples of employees who were chosen on merit but weren't top performers.

The UK political system continues to be dominated by upper-class, privately-educated men when surely it is in the interests of the country if the political system is representative of the people that it aims to represent; otherwise it is only beneficial to very few people. She has worked with the Home Office, the Ministry of Justice and the Department for Communities and Local Government . Long before the age of Twitter, people strove to stop her campaign by sending anonymous letters and writing to the Daily Mail. How could Jess’s experience as a young women hanging out with men in Birmingham be so like my own in Batley? She says that, According to the Flesch-Kincaid test (grading of readability) her parliament speeches are at a level that would be understood by the average 16-17-year-old.Observer _____________________ This title now has a new cover and there is a chance that you may receive the edition with the old cover instead of the cover displayed here. Launched in partnership with The National Lottery, it aims to promote dialogue and support Parliamentarians working to nurture a more connected society. She captures so brilliantly the confusion of being a teenage girl, being aware of her sexuality but unaware of some men’s bad intentions. A brilliant human real life narrative on all that is wrong with our male dominated society, and what can and should be done to put it right.

At times, it is something of a depressing read, not least because you feel she's beating her head against a brick wall. Everywoman has all the laughs [of Lena Dunham and Caitlin Moran] with a backbone of real glinting anger . Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). Let us not get this twisted or get bogged down by party politics, Jess Phillips is a fucking rock star. Favourite line: if you've ever thought you're not up to being an MP you obviously haven't looked hard at some of the people who are currently doing it.Phillips clearly explains preconceived ideas about domestic violence and why women don’t leave these relationships. A year ago, she read out in the Commons the names of the 120 women killed by men in the previous 12 months.