Everything You Really Need to Know About Politics: My Life as an MP

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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

Honest, funny and very revealing. Her conclusion in particular, Why we need politics is essential' - Adam Kay

'Funny and really readable' - Jeremy Vine (BBC Radio Two)

This book is here to take you inside the daily realities of Westminster. I dont mean that its going to bore you to death with a blow by blow account of what its like to sit on the Statutory Instrument Debate on Naval regulations 1968-2020 but to demystify the places and practice of politics.

From agonising decisions on foreign air strikes to making headlines about orgasms, from sitting in on history-making moments at the UN to eating McCain potato smiles at a black-tie banquet in China, the life of a politician is never dull. And its also never been more important. But politics is far bigger than Westminster, and in this book Jess Phillips makes the compelling case for why now, more than ever, we all need to be a part of it.

With trademark humour and honesty, Jess Phillips lifts the lid on what a career in politics is really like and why it matters to all of us. This is the inside story of whats really going on.

'Chatty and anecdotal' -TheTimes Magazine

'A robustly autobiographical, entertaining attempt to demystify life in Westminster' - The Observer

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JESS PHILLIPS was first elected as the Labour MP for Birmingham Yardley in 2015 and was elected chair of the Womens Parliamentary Labour Party in September 2016. Before becoming an MP, she worked with victims of domestic violence, sexual violence and human trafficking, and she continues to speak up on behalf of those who struggle to have their voice heard. Jess lives with her husband and two sons in Birmingham, where she was born and raised.