MP Jess Phillips ‘at risk’ over Shamima Begum fake headline tweet

(BBC) Labour MP Jess Phillips says a faked newspaper headline in which she appears to claim Shamima Begum would make a “fine MP” has put her life in danger.

The member for Birmingham Yardley said the Twitter post — made to look like she had penned a Guardian opinion piece — was “designed to incite hatred.”

Ms Begum left the UK as a schoolgirl to join the Islamic State group in Syria in 2015.

Ms Phillips said she had contacted Twitter over the anonymous posting.

In a series of tweets, Ms Phillips said the post had put her, her family and staff “at risk of violence.”

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