“I hope that by sharing my own struggles, I can help in some small way to combat the stigma around it and contribute to a more open conversation."
Given your political position I would hope you can go further than just “telling YOUR story” as you are in the privileged position that you can afford to take a break for a few weeks without it being financially crippling or the tipping point for much worse. Many of your lower paid constituents that you serve, who can be working in much more demanding roles, would not have that option.
This isn’t a regular job. What are her constituents supposed to do in the meantime?
On what matter? If it’s speaking to Denyer then “wait” would be the answer. Anything else see below 👇
Denyer said that her constituency office will continue to function as usual during her time off.
So she’s not that relevant to the office then?
It’s basically what happened in the Northern Ireland Assembly for multiple years. All the elected officials decided they couldn’t be bothered to work so didn’t but the background work of government still continued.
Woman has persistent health problems leading to time off work. Out crawl all the stiff upper-lip brigade (likely men).
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Oh, so that’s why I have you tagged as wanker.
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