Jo Swinson

Maybe she just feels passionately about making this country a better place for them and finds herself in a position where she can help to achieve that....

Blair had young children, Obama had young children, did you ask the same question of them,?

The good thing for Swinson is that she probably has a choice. Many mothers don’t.

No I don’t see the point either Tiggy although many women do this, not because they need the money, but because they love the job too much to leave it for a while.
Those early years with the children are precious though, and nobody on their deathbed ever said ‘ I wish I had spent more time at the office!’
On another note entirely, I wonder is she has a whole wardrobe of dresses in very bright colours, all plain ones,
A bit like the wedding outfits Nichola Sturgeon wears all the time.

Galaxy
I firmly believe that young children need both parents, but especially their Mums.

I agree with whitewave.
A choice would be nice.

Strange that most male MP's have a wardrobe of plain suits but nobody comments on that....

I’m not saying she shouldn’t have a career, I just wonder why she doesn’t want to be with her family. She could have a high-powered career when her children are older. I don’t see the point in having children and then missing their important early years
I can’t believe I am reading this in the 21st century.
Does anybody ask a man these questions?
Does anybody wonder why any of our male political or religious leaders want a high-powered career?
Or any of our women surgeons/ doctors/ scientists/teachers/ famous names such as Helen Sharman/Marie Curie - need I go on?

TiggyW, plenty of mothers work full time. They see their children early and late in the day and at weekends. Very few have the luxury of staying at home with them.

I did stay at home when they were little and we managed on one wage. That was way back in the 1980s though. Times are very different now!

Well said, MawB.

I am speechless at the audacity of the question, so thank you for saying what I think.

Staying at home costs money and our whole economy is priced on there being two workers in every household.

Specifically, Jo Swinson has been very busy for the weeks of the election but I would think that busy though her job is, it has a flexibility that other jobs do not have. Parliament is about to take its Christmas break, I am sure she will have a holiday with her family over Christmas.

It is almost impossible to have a high-flying career, if you take a baby break.

Hetty58
I also took time off work in the 80s to have children. I’m not sure that times are any harder now than they were then. I do think there was less to spend money on, e.g. no mobile phones, fewer luxuries in general. We shared a car and didn’t go abroad on holiday.
MawB
I was a teacher - before my children were born and from when they started school. I don’t agree that a career is more important than children. If so, why have a family?

It’s such a shame that a woman’s role as a mother is so under-valued. Just four precious years!!

My MP was 9 months pregnant when the election was called. Now I’ve seen her campaigning with a newborn in a baby sling.

Tiggy W: why didn't your man think his children more important than his career?

And on an MPs salary, Jo Swinson can afford full time care for her children. Having a high-powered career after a break to look after children is very difficult.
Which probably answers my first question

I think her dresses and tops are mostly from Boden.

My daughter and her husband both work part time, which seems ideal. One looks after the baby while the other works. Staying at home for long leaves you in need of retraining, updating or a career change. Many women return to work in a lower paid job.

Are you as concerned about male politicians doing the same? Only, I can’t see any other posts by you on the that subject?

I'm more concerned to read just now that her family company received €4 million in EU grants and that she failed to declare this conflict of interest to the H of C.


Too late now, my postal vote has gone!!

Anyone interested in reading an unbiased account of the story about Jo Swinson’s husband can view it here www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/amp/blogs-trending-50160148

How can anyone even consider voting for a party whose prime policy is to ignore democracy??

I do not think that a woman should be criticised for her choices about family/career. I personally would not want to have missed out on the early years at home with my little ones - but that is MY choice and not relevant to anyone else's.

Having said all that I do think Swinson is a bit of a wet fish and has done the Lib Dems no favours.

I'm afraid you've just jumped on the spreading fake news bandwagon Callistemon.

Blimey, we've been over the 'Jo Swinson's husband makes a fortune from EU money' story before, in some detail. With rebuttals and proof that it is false. Did you not see it then, Callistomen?