UKIP on Women at Work.

[: : Scott : :]

Insanity.

Originally Posted by Excerpt from Article

Godfrey Bloom was given a seat on the European Parliament's women's rights committee on Tuesday.

But he told the media: "No self-respecting small businessman with a brain in the right place would ever employ a lady of child-bearing age."

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[Filthy Ritch]

Mr Bloom, an investment fund manager from York, told journalists he wanted to deal with women's issues because: "I just don't think they clean behind the fridge enough".



hahaha,thats brilliant.it does say further down the article that he was saying things in fun to illustrate a more serious point.saying that the equal rights legislation was actually putting women off work,who knows where he gets that from but i recon some people are taking him a little bit too seriously.

women,pah!





jokin.

[: : Scott : :]

I can see what he means in that some small businesses might shy away from taking on women because of fear of paying maternity leave, but he doesn't exactly offer any solutions to the problem.

Plus he sounds like a cock.

[TheSombreroKid]

he's is he's a nazi fuck, UKIP = soft core BNP

[Roselay]

aye what the fuck was with that guy! i saw him saying "what right minded businessman would take on a woman at child bearing age" on the news and i was gobsmacked (cant think of another word).

ps. i didnt look at the link seeing as it didnt work

[Rebelius]

Originally Posted by article

UKIP MEP in row over working women
Godfrey Bloom
Godfrey Bloom: 'I am going to promote men's rights'
A Euro MP for the UK Independence Party has sparked controversy hours into his first day in the Strasbourg parliament.

Godfrey Bloom was given a seat on the European Parliament's women's rights committee on Tuesday.

But he told the media: "No self-respecting small businessman with a brain in the right place would ever employ a lady of child-bearing age."

A range of fellow politicians were outraged, saying his views were terrifying and outrageous.

Mr Bloom, an investment fund manager from York, told journalists he wanted to deal with women's issues because: "I just don't think they clean behind the fridge enough".

"I am here to represent Yorkshire women who always have dinner on the table when you get home. I am going to promote men's rights," he added.


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After widespread criticism on his comments on Tuesday he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme on Wednesday his comments were "said for fun" to illustrate a more serious point.

He said equal rights legislation was actually putting women out of work, adding that MEPs had "little or no business experience" and did not understand the consequences of their actions.

He said: "It is no place of Brussels and Strasbourg to come in between an employer and an employee.

"They probably in quite good faith put in a piece of legislation which is designed to protect women in the workplace but what actually happens is it... writes them out of employment."

The original comments provoked a strong reaction from Labour Euro MP Glenys Kinnock, who said: "We know UKIP are Neanderthal in their attitudes, but it is absolutely terrifying that Mr Bloom can fly in the face of what we have worked and fought for, to establish equal opportunities and rights for women."

'UKIP time machine'

She said she will be keeping an eye on him: "He cannot strut around here saying things like that."

Liberal Democrat MEP leader Chris Davies said: "It looks like it is time for a ride back to the 1950s on the UKIP time machine, to the golden age of women's rights and opportunities.


EUROSCEPTICS IN STRASBOURG
1 UK Independence Party - 11
2 June Movement (Denmark) - 1
3 Christian Union (Holland) - 2
4 Movement for France - 3
5 June List (Sweden) - 3
6 League of Polish Families - 10
7 Independent (Ireland) - 1
8 Civic Democrats (Czech) - 1
9 Achilles Association (Greece)-1
10 Northern League (Italy) 4

# Independence and Democracy is a new parliamentary group of hardline Eurosceptics
# It rejects the EU constitution and the "centralisation of Europe"
# It says it opposes xenophobia, anti-Semitism, and discrimination
"UKIP look set to prove themselves as a recruiting sergeant for the pro-European cause and all the measures taken by the European Union to promote equal opportunities."

The leader of the Party of European Socialists, Poul Nyrup Rassmussen, said Mr Bloom's remarks were "outrageous" and "absolutely unacceptable".

Mr Rassmussen added: "This is about equal rights. You cannot have the right to fire people because they are pregnant.

"It is not acceptable that employers should callously take account of whether women might get pregnant. We will be following up Mr Bloom's remarks."

Mr Bloom is one of 11 UKIP MEPs - a massive increase from the three MEPs the party had in the last European Parliament.

They joined 730 others from 25 nations at the parliamentary building in Strasbourg on the first day of this five-year parliament.

UKIP aim to bring "Britain back from Brussels" and ultimately want the UK to pull out of the EU altogether.

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[athane_2004]

i personally agree about the maternity leave.

why should a businessman have to pay wages to someone who is not working?
because a woman decides to have a baby that means her employers have to basically give her money. bullshit.
if she wants to have a baby she can save up money to keep herself going through it. it may seem "neanderthal" but look at it from the businessmans point of view.

[samuraisloth]

Originally Posted by athane_2004

i personally agree about the maternity leave.

why should a businessman have to pay wages to someone who is not working?
because a woman decides to have a baby that means her employers have to basically give her money. bullshit.
if she wants to have a baby she can save up money to keep herself going through it. it may seem "neanderthal" but look at it from the businessmans point of view.

ok i want to hear you say that if you decide to get married/live with someone and have children....I agree with maternity pay. This is just blatant sexist twaddle...so what if a couple decide to have children?? For fooksake someone has to look after the babies (NOTE i am not saying it has to be the female!!!), women are criticised if they do have children then go out to work (not keeoing to 'traditional' family values) then again the government emphasises get parents to work schemes...bloody hell!!!

I mean next he will be saying no small businessman, in his right mind, would employ a young male because he may get drunk too much therefore have lots of sick days costing him even more money....(SARCASM)

[Starla]

^She said it.^

Pricks.

[alien_syndm]

Have you had a look at the BNP policy on females and maternity pay etc ? Quite interesting really.

[samuraisloth]

Originally Posted by alien_syndm

Have you had a look at the BNP policy on females and maternity pay etc ? Quite interesting really.

post a link (sorry cant see it)

i am intrigued to what they have to say on the matter...

[TheSombreroKid]

yeah but BNP Policy is not what they would do if they were in power, it's a front to get votes

[samuraisloth]

Originally Posted by TheSombreroKid

yeah but BNP Policy is not what they would do if they were in power, it's a front to get votes

i cant see it on their site...damn could someone post a link or pm me a link