Jane Merrick

Jane Merrick (born 23 November 1973) is a British journalist who is currently the policy editor at the i newspaper. She was previously the political editor of The Independent on Sunday between 2008 and 2015. Merrick has also worked as a political correspondent for the Daily Mail and the Press Association. Quotes It was here that [Michael] Fallon lunged at me. This was not a farewell peck on the cheek, but a direct lunge at my lips. When I have previously written about this incident (referring to an unnamed MP) I have described it as a "kiss" – but a kiss suggests something romantic, consensual. This was anything but. I shrank away in horror and ran off to my office in the press gallery. I felt humiliated, ashamed. Was I even guilty that maybe I had led him on in some way by drinking with him? After years of having a drink with so many other MPs who have not acted inappropriately towards me, I now know I was not. [I]n the ensuing coverage the impression was being left that this was a one-off incident that could now be laughed off. I knew that by failing to act I was letting down not only my 29-year-old self, but also any other women who may have been subjected to the same behaviour since. More importantly, I would be failing to protect other women in future. "I won’t keep my silence: Michael Fallon lunged at me after our lunch", The Observer (4 November 2017). Michael Fallon had resigned as Defence Secretary after multiple accounts of his inappropriate conduct towards women. External links Category:1973 births Category:Living people Category:Women journalists from England Category:Columnists from England Category:Women born in the 1970s Category:People from Liverpool