Sandi Toksvig campaigns for equality with new political party
30 April 2015
From the section Entertainment & Arts
Sandi Toksvig said the party would put up candidates at the 2020 general election
Comedian Sandi Toksvig has revealed that she quit BBC Radio 4’s News Quiz to set up a new political party named the Women’s Equality Party.
Toksvig announced earlier this week that she was leaving the topical comedy show after nine years.
“I have made jokes over and over again about politics and, do you know, this election I’ve had enough,” she said.
“And I have decided that instead of making jokes about it, I need to participate.”
Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour, she continued: “So I am involved in the founding of a new political party.
“It’s called the Women’s Equality Party. It is a fantastic group of women – and indeed men – who have decided that enough is enough and we need to make some changes.”
They are not fielding candidates in the 2015 general election but will do so in five years time, she said.
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Source:: BBC Entertainment
