1990s. In UnHerd, she later wrote that when she had attempted to write "about female experience belonging to people with female bodies... it is always subbed out" by editorial. Moore added that she had never fitted in at The Guardian, saying: "The personal becomes political at the moment you never feel clean enough. I was always somehow inappropriate [there]." Politics Moore opposed the 2003 invasion of Iraq and wrote several articles criticising the Iraq War. Moore stood as an independent candidate for the constituency of Hackney North and Stoke Newington in the 2010 UK general election due to her disillusionment with the main political parties. She finished sixth. with 0.6% of the vote, losing to the Labour incumbent Diane Abbott and forfeiting her deposit. Personal life Moore has lived in Hackney, London, since the early 1990s. She is a single mother, with three daughters from various relationships. References External links Why I had to leave the Guardian. Essay on Moore's journalistic career 1958 births Living people English journalists Alumni of Middlesex University Daily Mail journalists Writers from Ipswich The Guardian journalists The Independent people Independent British political candidates People educated at Northgate Grammar School, Ipswich English republicans