Kim Leadbeater, sister of the late MP Jo Cox, has highlighted the increasing severity of abuse faced by MPs today compared to the time of her sister's murder in 2016. On Nick Robinson's podcast, she expressed concerns over the growing nastiness in political discourse, noting that the ability to 'disagree well' has eroded. Leadbeater shared her own experiences with abuse stemming from her political stance on assisted dying, emphasizing the need for respectful debate amidst rising personal insults and intimidation, particularly affecting female MPs.
There was a level of abuse and there was a level of nastiness in politics at that time - nowhere near like it is now. I remember Jo saying to me 'I need to get a thicker skin'. And I pushed back and said 'No you don't. You need to be you because that makes you the brilliant individual that you are, and it makes you the brilliant MP that you are.'
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