It was a year after they were made a minister when the MP had the second breakdown of their political career, and realised they had no idea what to do: “I was so terrified. I didn’t know who to talk to. There didn’t seem to be anybody I could trust.
“A family member told me to take time off. But as a minister if you were to say you needed time off sick, the whips would go: ‘Yeah, fine. We’ll get someone else to do your job.’ It’s often easier to keep your head
