“It’s definitely a poisonous place.”
Black, who was the youngest MP ever elected to the House of Commons when she won her seat in 2015 said she is “tired”.She hit out at the culture of Westminster, branding it ”toxic and poisonous”.
Black said: “I’m tired, is a big part of it. The thing that makes me tired is, Westminster is one of the most unhealthy workplaces that you could ever be in. “It’s a toxic environment. The entire design of the place and how it functions is just the opposite of everything I find comfortable.”The Paisley and Renfrewshire South MP, said, she has spent too much of her life in Westminster.
She said: “In the runup to the next election it will be nearly ten years I’ll have been there. “A third of my life I’ve spent in Westminster, which gives me the ick. “I don’t regret doing any of what I’ve done. I’ve been fighting for what I believe in.” Her youth, compared to many other MPs. She said gives her a different perspective.of Westminster and can spend 30, 40 years there.
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