It is the day of the vote on the Gaza ceasefire and Westminster is buzzing. “You know it’s a big day when everywhere you look there are huddles of people plotting,” laughs Labour’s Jess Phillips as we make our way to her office in Portcullis House. In person, the MP for Yardley in Birmingham is larger than life in an orange jacket and just as jolly as her turns on Have I Got News for You or The Chase would lead you to expect. “My husband’s a lift engineer and he always takes the stairs” she wise