MP: Russia has hacked my emails
BIRMINGHAM MP Jess Phillips has claimed Russia and Iran hacked her emails – but all they got was complaints about bins.
The Yardley MP claims the email hack took place during last year’s Birmingham bin strikes.
The 37-year-old had an account of “thousands” of complaints about delayed collections.
“I have this brilliant vision of Vladimir Putin being like, ‘Poor old Rosie on Yardley Fields Road’,” she said. “‘She hasn’t had her bins collected for five weeks.’
“There were literally thousands of emails from people complaining.
“It’s the first time half the people of Birmingham have ever got politically active.”
The five-month strike over pay was settled in November last year when Birmingham City Council offered refuse workers a new deal, although new rota changes have left many residents facing missed collections again.
Labour MP Ms Phillips made the claim at the Cheltenham Literary Festival, after being asked to leave her government laptop backstage during a talk.
She noted it would easily be tracked as she believes it is under surveillance anyway.
My emails have been hacked in the past by both Russia and Iran, I believe,” she claimed.
“I hope Putin is out there listening to people complaining about drop-kerbs and sending me 38 Degree emails,” she added, referring to the political activism organisation.
Last month, Phillips took on a senior Cabinet Minister who claimed that Birmingham City Council’s financial problems were all its own fault.
Liz Truss, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, claimed Birmingham was forced to make massive cut because the authority had “mismanaged their services”.