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[M]aking women as important as bins.

— Jess Phillips

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When asked on her greatest achievement as an MP. The then new Domestic Abuse Act introduced a statutory requirement for local councils to run women's refuges in addition to collecting refuse and running social services.

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Assange has, for seven years, evaded accusations of sexual violence in Sweden.

I roundly told her to fuck off .... She fucked off. People said to me they had always wanted to say that to her, and I don’t know why they don’t as the opportunity presents itself every other minute.

The Russell Brand exposé by the Sunday Times and Dispatches for Channel 4 would have not long ago been overwhelmingly applauded as thorough, well-sourced and sensitively managed journalism. Instead, we have seen the exact reason why women don't speak up.

[The UK is] in desperate need and our politics [is] in even greater need of cleaning up and I thank everyone in this room for making a really good spectacle of proving that for me.

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