The reason she stopped trying to be an MP was because it was too hard.
I know 2 people who have stood as Labour candidates (neither won) and it is an unbelievably involved process.
You have to go to MP school (notthe actual name but you get my drift!) and it is full on.
They are taught how to stand, how to speak, body language etc Then they go through absolutely EVERYTHING about you. One girl had to contact the woman her husband had an affair with years earlier to warn her that she would be interviewed (and basically warned off from speaking to the papers)
You have to dedicate your life to it and this is before you are even selected as a candidate.
Oh and a whole new social media persona had to be created..
I'm pretty sure Jack wouldn't have gotten through the first week, let alone get to actually be voted in and all the hard work that follows.
I decided against it because I knew that there would be