In January when I wrote an analysis of the competition for the Wavertree seat I said Ms Kennedy us regarded as hard working (but does so without shouting about it).

And I stick by the view. When we met she apologised that she needed to make a quick call to the chief executive of a company that was facing ruin.

It transpired that Ms Kennedy had been helping lobby the Government for the firm which was facing a backbreaking tax bill.

During the call the chief executive of this large company thanked her for her help, an agreement had been reached and the company was safe.

I have no doubt that had I not been there I would never had known about this episode. There would not have been a press release bragging about it, no phone call to say 'by the way you might want to write about this'.

Ms Kennedy, like many MPs, simply gets on with helping companies and individuals, without a song and a dance.

But despite being able to help in instances like this I sensed that she was fed up.

She denied being fed up, instead saying she was tired. Tired of not seeing her family, tired of battling with the Liberal Democrats who she said she had no respect for in Liverpool.

Click HERE to read my interview with her, and HERE to read her letter to the party faithful.