AIBU to wonder if a stay-at-home mum could become an MP?

Quite. Since OP seems to be into her anecdotes rather than hard evidence, I will say that I've dated a few men with SAHMs and they have all, without exception, been entitled, incompetent man-babies. The type who will rant about traditional families and men being providers and protectors when it's time to wash the dishes or do the laundry, but call you a gold-digger if you expect him to pay for dinner, and send you downstairs to investigate if there's a bump in the night.

You don't need to spend a lot of time online to know about him. Unless the news you are exposed to is heavily filtered, of course.

Reform is not a political party as we know it ie with members who can vote for the leader etc. It is a limited company founded by Farage. He is showing his anti democratic philosophy in plain sight.

So nothing to do with 'family values' then, because, obviously, being married or not makes no difference to our day-to-day lives or our daughter's upbringing.

Ugh, why am I engaging with this nonsense 😫

But you are all about improving the lives of children! What about the child in this example? They didn’t ask to be born. Would you condemn them to a life of poverty and disadvantage because you think poor people shouldn’t have sex?

You’re veering towards eugenics here. Only the worthy allowed to reproduce.

Be very aware of what you’re absorbing from those far right sources which are very clearly shaping your thinking.

Once again, you are basing a policy off a thought you thunked, and not actually off any evidence or data...because you don't know it.

If you seriously want to do something beneficial for the country, I'd suggest you start by either enrolling on a course in politics, sociology or policy, or embarking on some committed self-study using reliable sources and fact-checking tools from both sides of the political debate (hint: GB News and the Daily Mail aren't reliable sources) so you have some idea of the history and impact of these issues over time, get up to date with current affairs and get into the world and start interacting with people not in your bubble.

I'd be surprised if, having fully educated yourself on the actual truths behind your ideas, you didn't change your mind. There's a reason why Reform mostly gets votes off people with a low level of education.

I thought working mothers were supposed to be seen as good role models for children and lead to children being more successful, how does that fit your narrative?

I would think most stay at home mums and only that for a few years and work both before and after that, but your narrative seems to you are one or the other

As a woman who has been a single parent for most of my children’s lives, and has worked full,time throughout. I’d never vote for a SAHM whatever party they represented. I’m also the mother of two young women in their 20’s who have both decided they don’t want children - so would never vote for anyone who would make it a policy to treat them like second class citizens (which is what all this traditional values does to childfree women). I would also never vote for someone who is mostly about a single issue because it indicates a total lack of rounded thought and understanding of the world - which of course you don’t have because your world is very small and obviously consists of home and children. Though crack on with reform as they obviously don’t care about experience or intellect.

You are kidding, aren’t you? His murder was on rolling news for days.

The arrogance to think you’re in a special club! The Reform disdain for ‘ordinary’ people clearly dwells in you.

They do contradict each other. By reducing the term limit, you are imposing your beliefs that "24 weeks is too high".

So you’d force women to carry children they couldn’t afford to keep, AND penalise them financially for doing so if they couldn’t then be nice wholesome SAHMs like you? How is that going to improve outcomes for children in this country?

You really don’t know much at all about social policy, the real world or anything beyond what gossip you get from the hairdresser.

Can you tell me how many abortions occur after 12 weeks and what the primary causes are of abortions at any stage of pregnancy?

Can you tell me about the stages of fetal development, why 12 weeks is a milestone and what fetal abnormalities can and cannot be detected until a later stage and would result in the baby being stillborn or incompatible with life?

Having a SAHP is no guarantee of stronger family values. One friend did indeed make it work - but she did some consultancy so was earning. The other family I know with a SAHP ended in divorce- huge resentment on one side.

Those two sentences contradict each other.

I think she sounds more like a Green. Always happy to spend other peoples money until it runs out

Totally your opinion.

absolutely zero evidence that there would be fewer children and adults with mental health issues and ‘stronger family values’ if women didn’t go back to work after maternity leave

Do you object to this? Sex workers and men's right to use them are an integral historical part of the traditional value system you are supporting.

I wouldn't vote for you specifically, given our values are entirely unaligned, but I would in principle vote for a SAHM who:

• had done something impressive previously
• had a track record of successful local / national campaigns and influence (volunteer work absolutely fine)
• had well-reasoned policies demonstrating a clear understanding of how the world works

Agree with those saying aim for council seat first, before thinking about becoming an MP. See whether the rough and tumble of political life is for you.

Another thought: given that you are pretty single-issue focused, why not just set up and run a campaign on that issue?

I'm torn. One the one hand, I guess that makes sense. People who are disengaged from the discourse do make up the majority of reform's voting base. On the other, you're already publicly underestimating and talking down to your potential voters.

Does your DH (or DP, you lack consistency) not engage with any sources of information at all? I'd have thought it was pretty much impossible to not know who Charlie Kirk is.