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said she had gone to A&E at a hospital in her home city of Birmingham after suffering breathing difficulties.Speaking at an ‘An Evening With Jess Phillips ’ event at the Kiln Theatre in London, the Home Office minister said she had faced a lengthy wait due to overcrowding.
She eventually made it to the front of the queue, but said that was “undoubtedly” thanks to her outspoken stance on the conflict between Israel and Hamas.The Birmingham Yardley MP said: “I got through because of who I am. Also the doctore who saw me was Palestinian, as it turns out. Almost all the doctors in Birmingham seemed to be.”
“These people came to this location because it has been spread that racists were coming to attack them,” she posted.Following criticism of her remarks, Phillips said: “I think I almost certainly could have phrased it better.
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