Gemma Hudson reflects on her childhood and her struggles identifying with politicians.
Like most kids, I would, on occasion,pretend to be sick to stay home from school.
But my motivation for this was rarely to get out of a test or avoid an activity I didn’t like. I generally enjoyed school as a kid, I…
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