It’s so important for issues to be tackled by those who have experience in them, like the Deputy Mayor becoming the FGM ambassador for Southwark.
It’s easy to demonise politicians when they’re making policies that only affect us – but our local councillors using their personal experience to drive change is what politics should be about.
Just as Cllr Evelyn Akoto is championing black women in pregnancy to close the inequality there, Cllr Naima Ali is using her pain as power and for that we salute her.