Mothers at work are bad for families

Does he not realise the reason that millions of women go out to work is to put food in their families mouths - 60 per cent of whom have said they would prefer to stay at home if it was financially possible? This is much in contrast to the everyday slog and daily grind forced upon them.

The reality of Labour's stealth taxes and the latchkey kid culture his government has encouraged has done little to allow families to spend any affordable quality time together. They have done little to promote a family-orientated environment and only helped in destroying what were once traditional family values.

Many families struggle to cope with the emotional stress of parents having to work, especially when the only family time a child has nowadays comes between the hours of 6pm and 9pm.

There is no time left in the day for the ordinary working mother to think about a Labour politician's whim about political correctness.

Those families that are together, more often than not, are either financially stable or have a wider scope of family around them with time on their hands.

If working mums are to get any support from their employer then it must be affordable support, properly managed and able to reduce the stress for both parties.

Unlike Gary Titley, many will interpret Mr Bloom's comments on child-bearing women exactly how they were said, from a small business's perspective.

I would ask Mr Titley what he would say to anyone running a financially strained, struggling small business, overwhelmed in red tape, which employs an expectant mother. What would his solution be in the struggle to support her both emotionally and financially?

Mr Titley needs to remember that the UK Independence Party is represented by ordinary, everyday people, not dull and dreary career politicians with no sense of humour - a lesson freely provided by his reducing number of voters.

Ian Upton

Thomas More Close

Bolton