July 2nd 2023.
Allegations have been made against Labour MP Jess Phillips, accusing her of using ‘racist and bullying behaviour’. Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said she believes any such complaints against a Labour MP should be looked into.
Katharine Birbalsingh, the headteacher of the Michaela Community School in north-west London, has reported Phillips to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards. Birbalsingh, who is sometimes referred to as ‘Britain’s strictest headteacher’, believes Phillips was trying to ‘whip up a social media mob’ against her.
The accusations stem from a tweet Birbalsingh posted in tribute to Tina Turner, in which she inadvertently shared a picture of Tina and her abusive ex-husband Ike Turner. Phillips then tweeted, ‘Hold the line! Stay with me! Domestic abuse is never ok and we will defeat those who prop up the status quo.’ Birbalsingh believes that this was an example of ‘unconscious bias’ motivated by her race, as she had never met Phillips and the school is not in her constituency.
Birbalsingh wrote to Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer, asking for assurance that baseless and unfounded abuse will not be directed towards her or her school. Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson was questioned about this on Sky’s Sophy Ridge on Sunday program. She said that any individual unhappy with an MP’s behaviour should report it through the appropriate channels. When asked if she believed Phillips was racist, Phillipson said no, but that any such complaint should be investigated.
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