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Daily Mirror
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Rachel Wearmouth & Aletha Adu

MP's powerful speech on leaving abusive relationship with 'a single bag under my arm'

A Shadow Minister has recalled feeling “trapped” in an abusive relationship that left her “living in a permanent state of anxiety”.

In a discussion on the challenges women face within the justice system Labour MP Anna McMorrin revealed her own personal difficulties trying to flee an abusive relationship.

She told MPs she navigated “lying, cheating, gaslighting, controlling behaviour” and was “unable to function at times, not knowing what was real and what wasn’t.”

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