Fellow politicians have expressed their regret at the decision by long-serving SP MP Renske Leijten to leave parliament. Leijten, who has represented the Socialist party as an MP for almost 17 years, said it was “time to leave the The Hague bubble and get involved with democracy in another way”. “It’s time to find out what is happening in society and organise people there,” she was quoted in the announcement on the SP website. In a speech to party members…
SP MP Renske Leijten quits “toxic and slow” political bubble
