Labour MP Jess Philips said Ms Elphicke's apology for defending her ex-husband following his sexual assault convictions was 'an absolute start, but is also a bare minimum'.
Jess Phillips has revealed that seeing Natalie Elphicke cross the floor to join the Labour Party felt 'a bit like being punched in the gut' given the former Conservative MP's 'victim blaming' after her ex-husband and former MP Charlie Elphike was convicted of sexual assault.
It was right that he was prosecuted and I'm sorry for the comments that I made about his victims. 'It is vital that women can have confidence in the criminal justice system and our rates of prosecution and conviction are far too low as a country. 'Keir Starmer's mission to halve male violence against women and girls is critical and I wanted to take the opportunity to express my explicit support for Labour colleagues working to realise it.
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