The unwritten rules of making your way to the top of the brutal world of politics you should know as a woman
Source: Harper's Bazaar India
In a screeching career gear-change worthy of Matt Hancock, I have hung up my political-adviser boots and become an author. My first novel, Whips, has just come out, following the careers of three friends as they navigate sex, power and general skulduggery in British politics. Someone pointed out to me recently that, one way or another, all the female characters in the book ‘win’ in the end. I suppose that’s how you know it’s a work of fiction.
It has got me thinking, though, about what it takes to be a successful woman in Westminster. The trouble is, I’m not one of them.
Click here to read the full article published by the Harper's Bazaar India on 26 September 2023.
In a screeching career gear-change worthy of Matt Hancock, I have hung up my political-adviser boots and become an author. My first novel, Whips, has just come out, following the careers of three friends as they navigate sex, power and general skulduggery in British politics. Someone pointed out to me recently that, one way or another, all the female characters in the book ‘win’ in the end. I suppose that’s how you know it’s a work of fiction.
It has got me thinking, though, about what it takes to be a successful woman in Westminster. The trouble is, I’m not one of them.
Click here to read the full article published by the Harper's Bazaar India on 26 September 2023.