Parliamentarians have many reasons as to why they take up public office. For some, it's the thrill of power, the prestige of titles, to be a globetrotter and perhaps the just a wiliness to serve and represent the public, but nappy changing?
Well that the reason cited by the seasoned parliamentarian Dame Margret Hodge. As a way to keep herself sane in between changing nappies of her first child and on the suggestion of a friend. Dame Hodge joined the Labour party in 1973 as a councillor for Islington.
The 72-year-old made this candid revelation as she promoted her book, Called to Account, about the time as chairwoman of the public account committee. She said there herself in ‘her work to cope with the grief of losing her husband, Henry in 2009’. She added, “It's an irony that since 2010, they have been the most professionally successful years of my life.”
