British Labor MP delays birth of child for Brexit vote
Pregnant British MP Tulip Siddiq today revealed she will delay the birth of her child in order to vote against Theresa May’s Brexit deal tomorrow.
The Labour MP for Hampstead & Kilburn has postponed the date of her caesarean section by two days and intends to be taken through the lobby in a wheelchair by her husband Chris, the Evening Standard reports.
The 36-year-old said: “If my son enters the world even one day later than the doctors advised, but it’s a world with a better chance of a strong relationship between Britain and Europe, then that’s worth fighting for.”
Ms Siddiq had a difficult first pregnancy with her daughter Azalea, now two, and had originally been due to give birth by elective caesarean section on February 4.
However, after developing gestational diabetes, doctors at the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead advised she deliver the baby at 37 weeks, either today or tomorrow.
She asked medical staff if she could shift the date back to Thursday, which they agreed to.
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