Gen Kitchen says she has to have a 'thick skin' to be an MP and look after her own mental health.
By Annabel Amos & Alex PopeA newly-elected MP says she reads all the nasty comments about herself online because it "keeps me down to earth".in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, last month."You have to have a bit of a thick skin and be able to brush it off and take control of your own mental health," she said.
"For example, when I put the jobs up , the most immediate thing was 'she's not even offering the average salary' and then go on to Facebook, rather than X and it's 'she's offering way over the average for Wellingborough' and you've got to realise, there's always two different sides," she said. Being an MP had been "overwhelming", she said, as extra security measures have been put in place in her home and office.Gen Kitchen, pictured with Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and another newly-elected MP, Damien Egan, is yet to make her maiden speech in the Commons
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