It’s odd to quit a vital job with the aim of demonstrating what a vital job it is. Announcing that I am resigning from the Women’s Equality Party (WEP) in order for our feminist political party to thrive might look like putting the brakes on a car that is just picking up speed. But actually, I’m throwing open the doors and changing the tyres on the move – which is what this job has always felt like.
You might have wanted to do something about the mess that is our political system for a while. Perhaps you’ve been shouting at the TV in baffled rage at the so-called political gurus. Maybe you’re paying greater attention to a niggle inside that’s proving harder to ignore each day. You could be trying to suppress it, telling yourself that you can’t make a difference, or that you wouldn’t know where to start. “I despair”, you tell your friends.
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