Whats the hardest part of being an MP?

Whats the hardest part of being an MP?

The hardest part of beng an MP is trying to stay normal, trying to stay just being able able to speak your mind. You can't, because people crucify you every time you do, often in the media or even just little things. I'll give you one example. I was chatting with a woman in a queue on a Saturday. She goes, "Well, you can't be an MP. My God, you look really normal. You've got combat trainers on, you've got a pierced belly-button, do you dress like that to go to meetings?" And I said, "Well, no, not usually." It was a Saturday, and I said, "I'm going to a meeting in a minute at the Moskowitz's, I would change my clothes." Next morning, headline in the paper, "MP Oona Leads A Double Life." A female source close to Oona King, i.e. the woman standing behind me in the queue, says she changes her clothes when she goes... she has to deceive the people she's with about the real person she is, etc., and it just makes you think, I can't have a chat to the person standing behind me in the queue because you never know what's going to happen, and that's a shame.