While a friend has described her as politically "as hard as nails", Reeves' time in Westminster has not been without controversy.

But one of her friends says politically she is "hard as nails".

He remembers inviting a group of heterosexual friends to watch a match in Ilkley and them asking which of the players were gay because they were "hard as nails".

"I always well up when I watch it. But Jenny, who remains a close friend, doesn't. Hard as nails, she is!"

Although Chicago describes herself as “a pussycat,” she’s actually hard as nails, and although her shut-up-it’s-my-piece-we-do-as-I-say attitude was necessary to drive the project to completion, several volunteers left, vowing never to work with her again.