Ruth Davidson’s decision was personal, but her departure is a loss for all of us | Libby Brooks

Balancing work and family is still too often an acute problem for women in public life, says Libby Brooks, the Guardian’s Scotland correspondent

I’m racing across the central belt to cover Ruth Davidson’s resignation, a row for missing an important email from my son’s nursery ringing in my ears, when I realise I’ve been reporting on women’s difficulty balancing work and family for what feels like two centuries. No wonder I’m feeling so ruddy tired. It’s the sheer unwieldy intractability of the dilemmas posed.

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