Death threats seem a norm, MP says

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Preet Gill shares her fears as events in Westminster linked to Gaza put fresh focus on MPs' safety.

Preet Gill, Labour MP for Birmingham Edgbaston, added her job worried her "in a way I've never been worried before".his contentious decision

"I think when you're a woman especially in Parliament, the level of misogyny and hatred and that people can actually sit down and write a direct threat to you without feeling there are going to be consequences, has really become part of the work that we do."whether she was getting more abuse and threats in relation to the Gaza conflict than other matters, Ms Gill replied: "I think so.

She added she feared such a climate would deter people, particularly women, from public office when it was already "difficult to recruit".

 

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