Television programme Spitting Image has faced a major backlash for a 'horrible' sketch which presents Jess Phillips as a superhero who uses her 'big v*g' and 'big t*ts' to fight crime - despite the Labour MP previously being the target of death and rape threats.
The four-minute clip depicts the MP for Birmingham Yardley as 'Viral', an 'annoying outspoken feminist superhero who wants to make Labour more electable'.
Comedian Rachel Parris, who says she has good friends who work on the show, described it as 'f***ing horrible'.
The revamped Spitting Image returned in 2020 and airs on streaming platform Britbox, which is a joint venture run by the BBC and ITV.
The satirical series originally ran for 18 series between 1984 and 1996.
The writers of Spitting Image have faced a backlash after depicting Jess Phillips, the Labour MP for Birmingham Yardley, as 'annoying, outspoken feminist superhero' who uses her 'big v*g' and 'big t*ts' to fight crime
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer is presented in the clip as 'Fox Man' and fails to stop a man being robbed of his scooter at night
Writers of the sketch were mocked online. One Twitter user wrote: 'Professional comedy people are somehow getting paid to make this embarrassing shambles'
Ms Phillips' character is seen entering the clip after party leader Sir Keir Starmer - presented as 'Fox Man' - fails to stop a man being robbed of his scooter at night.
She then pulls a chainsaw, referred to by the writers as her 'big Labour v*g', and chops the man's scooter in half.
Telling the 'adult man' he 'should not be riding a scooter like a baby', her character adds: 'You wanna suck some f***ing milk from my big Labour t*ts?'
Ms Phillips, who writers of the sketch accuse of always being on Twitter, has yet to respond to the clip on social media since it was posted almost 24 hours ago.
Sir Keir has also not publicly commented on the clip.
Many took to social media to condemn the sketch, particularly as mother-of-two Ms Phillips has previously told how she was bombarded by 600 online rape threats in a single night.
Spitting Image posted the four-minute clip to its Twitter page before many took to social media to condemn the sketch
Ms Parris added: 'Many good friends work on Spitting Image so I’m not keen to have a go at it but wtf is this?
'Depicting the female politician utilising her “big v*g” and inviting ppl to milk her “big t*ts”.
'This is a female politician who has incidentally been subject to rape and death threats…'
