Labour MP @stellacreasy is pregnant and says she is “forced to choose between being an MP and a mum”. Her story is heartbreaking, but... 1/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jun/17/pregnant-mp-maternity-leave-equality-stella-creasy …
-
-
/5 I’m also not sure what Alabama abortion rights and LGBT protests outside schools have to do with MPs’ maternity leave but hey ho. Parliament needs to join the 21st century but let’s not pretend MPs who want to care for their babies are victims. They’re not.
Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
How do these people become totally convinced that they are so SPECIAL
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
I’ve heard sadder stories today. In fact in the last 10 minutes.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
This Tweet is unavailable
-
-
My heart bleeds for her....in my day (now I sound ancient
) there was no maternity leave. You fell pregnant, you left work at 8 months or whenever you needed to. When you wanted to, or needed to, out looked for another job. We survived & we didn’t whinge
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
She already does they’re called Constituency staff.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
Wouldn't Labour cover any major issues in her constituency like an employer would of anyone on maternity leave? Not just let everything pile up until they get back to work?
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
I thought that remote voting had been agreed by the Speaker?
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
This Tweet is unavailable
-
Don't even go there, feminists are probably working on that already.
End of conversation
-
-
-
Imagine if Parliament set the standards to which all other workplaces should aim for.
-
Imagine if Parliament had the standards the rest of us had to live by - they would soon improve the lot of the average guy or gal.
-
Are you regularly pregnant?
-
Has nothing to do with it. I compared one pregnant woman's lot to another. I know plenty of women that don't have Stella's cushty working conditions and compensation and they aren't saying they are hard done by.
End of conversation
New conversation -
-
-
I agree...it sounds a tough decision but many more women have far tougher decisions to make when having a baby. When I had mine in late 1980's few provisions for mother and no paternity leave for my husband. .its about priorities
-
But these are priority decisions men don’t have to make.
End of conversation
New conversation -
-
-
This problem would be solved immediately if women MPs stopped lubing their legs.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
She could help close that gender pay gap by going back to work asap whilst employing women on minimum wage to...hang on a sec.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
This Tweet is unavailable
-
-
Please No more proxy voting, look at the mess this has already caused.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.