Discussing her experience with breast cancer and how it’s changed her as a person, Butler said: “I think I give less of a s**t about things now, which is probably quite dangerous as a politician! But when you think you’re going to die and come face-to-face with your own mortality, it changes you, and I’ve become less afraid to speak my truth.”

On finding her purpose, Butler said: “Our purpose in life can be anything, right? If your purpose in life is just to be a really good friend to somebody, somebody’s safe space, that is a valuable purpose. Because it means that you’re empowering your friend to go and do anything. That is enough. That is enough of a purpose.”

She added that a good starting point when it comes to purpose and resilience is simply writing it down “for yourself so you can see what you want to do and where you want to go. But also know that you are enough.”

“We survive 100% of our bad days”: MP Dawn Butler on lessons in resilience