Can there be any clearer sign of Britain’s decadence than the absence of its political leaders on ‘paternity leave’? The latest to prefer cradle to Commons is the leader of the opposition, Ed Milliband. Do these ‘leaders’ not realise that we are in momentous times? Does the allegedly socialist leader consider how his absence might appear to those who look to Labour to defend their interests, the employees facing the sack, the tenants who may be ejected from their homes etc? We have three leaders of child producing age, Cameron, Clegg and Milliband. What happens if they all have children at the same time? These people were elected for their supposed leadership qualities, not as caring daddies.
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Pandering to the female voter…?
Not my vote.
I don’t believe in maternity leave either. Worse thing that ever happened to the Education System, and I suspect a few other ‘Systems’ as well. The whole thing ground to a standstill with temporary teachers who managed to get one year’s employment and had no incentive to look further than the next six months, after which they had to find another year’s work somewhere.