We are sorry, you need to be a subscriber to watch this videoWe are sorry, you need to be a subscriber to watch this videoMPs were brought to tears yesterday by a colleague’s harrowing account of suffering in an abusive relationship as she urged others to come forward. Rosie Duffield, 48, the Labour MP for Canterbury, used a debate on the Domestic Abuse Bill to talk about a relationship in which she was under coercive control. She received a standing ovation in the Commons after describing the verbal abuse, humiliation and financial control to which she had been subjected by a former partner. “Domestic violence has many faces and the faces of those who survive are varied too,” she said. Abuse is very often all about control and power.”The Speaker, John Bercow, said that her words had been “simultaneously horrifying and as moving…

Source: The Times October 02, 2019 23:47 UTC