Labour MP Rosie Wrighting, 27, has revealed she was questioned more about whether she had an OnlyFans account than her party’s manifesto pledges during the last election.
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00:00Madam Deputy Speaker, being a young woman in this place has its pitfalls, and I know
00:05that women MPs bear the brunt of online abuse, making ourselves read daily online comments
00:11which criticise our appearance, question our intelligence and threaten our safety. In a
00:17post when the election was called last year, more people asked me if I had an OnlyFans
00:22account than about our manifesto pledges. Online, I am called Barbie. I'm a stupid
00:29girl and a child playing politics, and many more creative things that I can't say in
00:36this House. I know many great women who haven't stood for Parliament because of online abuse
00:42or worrying about their safety, and this House is worse off because of it. My message for
00:48women who are thinking about getting into politics is that there's a place for you here,
00:53and we need you.