Theo Clarke was the Member of Parliament for Stafford from 2019 to 2024. She co-chaired the Birth Trauma Inquiry in Parliament, which was the first in British history, and previously set up the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Birth Trauma in the House of Commons. Theo has served as parliamentary private secretary at the Departments for Education and Business and Trade and at HM Treasury, in addition to being a trade envoy for the Prime Minister. She won Political Speech of the Year at The Spectator Parliamentarian of the Year Awards in 2023 and was included in the prestigious ‘Women in Westminster: The 100’ list in 2024 and 2025. Theo hosts the popular podcast Breaking the Taboo, which ranks in the top 5 per cent of most listened-to shows around the world. This is her first book.