“It hurts to lose a job you love,” she says. View image in fullscreen Bridget Phillipson talks with Nora al-Ani at the Rape Crisis centre in Cambridge. Photograph: Jill Mead/The GuardianThe role of Labour party chair is a nebulous one. On Monday, Burnham said Phillipson would play a “vital role” in getting Labour “match fit for the next election”. It hurts to lose a job that you have loved and put heart and soul into,” she says.