âPeople will laugh at any old crap in the chamberâ: Jess Phillips photographed in the garden of her home in Birmingham, July 2021. Photograph: Sophia Evans/The Observer âPeople will laugh at any old crap in the chamberâ: Jess Phillips photographed in the garden of her home in Birmingham, July 2021. Photograph: Sophia Evans/The Observer The Labour MP on the sit-down strike she organised in primary school, how she copes with death threats and what she reads to relax Sun 18 Jul 2021 01.00 EDT Jess Phillips, 39, has been Labour MP for Birmingham Yardley since 2015 and is an outspoken crusader for womenâs rights. She is married to a former lift engineer and they have two sons. Her new book,