Everywoman: One Woman’s Truth About Speaking the Truth

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Phillips herself does seem to be a good MP though, and there to campaign for issues she is passionate about, rather than for consultancy roles with big business.

For me the most blinkered moment in the whole thing was when she asks the reader to think about their dad.It is a “from the heart” overview of the world we live in, the perspective of one woman, but goodness what an inspiring woman. 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. Jess Phillips discusses serious issues in her trademark honest, no-nonsense way and the result is a collection of themed articles addressing feminism, politics and British society. Fortunately the book was not damaged but in my opinion the envelope used wasn't fit for purpose and appeared to be the cheapest one they could get away with using. The parts of the book which deal with her work with and campaigning for women who have suffered violence and domestic abuse broke my heart.

By demanding to be heard, by being doers not sayers, and by daring to believe that we can make a difference - we can. She does point out that as women we are not encouraged to flaunt our successes and maybe that is why I find it so jarring. At times, it is something of a depressing read, not least because you feel she's beating her head against a brick wall. Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item. It's about something much bigger - how female MPs and women in politics are perceived and treated, society's attitudes towards women who are subjected to domestic abuse (she worked at Women's Aid in Birmingham for a number of years before being elected), and so much more besides.Everywoman: One Woman's Truth About Speaking the Truth by Labour MP Jess Phillips to be adapted for TV drama.

From rather further to the right of the political spectrum, we can recommend Post-Truth: The New War on Truth and How to Fight Back by Matthew d'Ancona. Jess Phillips is not Everywoman (which is fine) but thinks that she is (which is really not fine at all).On politics, she doesn’t pull any punches, and it’s Jeremy Corbyn who comes under the most sustained attack. Although this may sound heavy going, the book is actually quite light hearted in general, and I laughed out loud at some parts. Because every time he has been across the Prime Minister at the weekly questions, he has massively failed and come up short.

I tend to get switched off by books in which people just bang on about how great they are, but the (somewhat lengthy) bragging here is offset by vulnerability, honesty and a passion for instigating meaningful change on issues of critical importance. Other chapters are darker, detailing Jess' time working for women's aid, stories of abuse and domestic violence. Jess Phillips is an MP for a Birmingham constituency, whose name I have seen around, who occasionally I had seen speaking on TV, Twitter or elsewhere on the Internet. It was pretty hard to deal with some of the sections, like when she talks about some of the horrific trolling that she has had to encounter.there were so many funny and wise things on each page that whittling them down into a review seemed impossible. I am feminist/political book junkie and Everywoman rises above a crowded field because it is totally unpretentious. Unguarded in her criticism of those she disagrees with, her anger at Jeremy Corbyn is clear – ‘while we’re fighting and struggling with a lackluster leadership, the people are the ones who’re suffering’. 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.