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Birmingham MP Jess Phillips has continued her feud with high-profile Labour MP Diane Abbott - by suggesting she should be fired.

Ms Phillips (Lab Birmingham Yardley) has a reputation for speaking her mind and straight-talking, and she gave a series of revealing answers when she was quizzed in a radio interview.

Asked which Labour MP she would like to see deselected - which means they can’t stand as an official Labour candidate in the 2020 General Election - she said London MP Diane Abbott.

Ms Abbott, the Shadow International Development Secretary, had a row with Ms Phillips in the House of Commons last month, which ended with Ms Phillips telling Ms Abbott to “f*** off” .

Asked by BBC Radio 5Live which MP she would deselect, Ms Phillips said: “I’ll go for Diane Abbott, That’s the obvious answer.”

Being deselected means an MP's political career is effectively over, unless they join a different party or manage to get elected to Parliament as an independent candidate, which is rarely succesful.

Ms Phillips also revealed she would like to be leader of the Labour Party one day.

Asked if she dreamt of becoming Labour leader, she said: “Yes I do dream of it. I think anyone who says that they have never thought about it while looking at the mirror in the morning is lying.”

But asked if she could be leader as soon as 2020, she said: “I think that’s a bit soon.”

Ms Phillips admitted trying illegal drugs, saying: “I have smoked cannabis when I was younger. I grew up in inner city Birmingham.”

And she said she was willing to back Labour MPs who were forced out by supporters of party leader Jeremy Corbyn.

It follows fears that MPs who criticise Mr Corbyn could be deselected.

In theory, they could still stand for election as an independent against the official Labour candidate - but party rules state that any Labour members who support their election campaign in this situation should be thrown out of the party.

Despite this, Ms Phillips said she would support deselected MPs if they had been treated unfairly.

She said: “If I thought somebody had been genuinely picked of unfairly then yes I would go and help them.”

She added: “I love a good campaign, me.”

Ms Phillips said: “It entirely depends on the circumstances. But the party isn’t always right.”

Asked to name her favourite soap opera character she picked Coronation Street stalwart Bet Lynch.

“I don’t actually watch soap operas any more but I’m going to say Bet Lynch for being a bawdy barmaid.”