Youngest female MP ‘questioned more about OnlyFans than manifesto pledges’

The Independent

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.

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