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Ed Milliband and breastfeeding

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rebmadrid · 25/11/2010 21:41

I know its a matter of personal choice etc but should Ed Milliband really be going on the news from a Dudley Tesco publicising the fact that his new baby takes formula rather than breastmilk?Hmm Shouldn't he now be doing valuable work promoting 'breast is best'?

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tiktok · 26/11/2010 08:54

I saw it on the 10 o'clock news.

He was in a supermarket.

He pointed to a a display of formula, and said' Ah, Aptamil 0-3 mths....that's what we use.' Camera follows with close up of display (that's done afterwards and edited in - I think that's how it works). Someone says, 'ah you're an expert now, ha ha.'

He and his partner can feed their baby what they like - no one else's business.

However, he should know better than to name a brand in this way, and the TV should know better than to emphasise it.

And if he brings his personal life and his family's feeding choices into his public world - he was working at the time, the Tesco visit was work - then of course he should expect comments on it.

SlightlyTubbyHali · 25/11/2010 22:48

He's a puppy?

That may explain the lack of policies...

SpringHeeledJack · 25/11/2010 22:46

awww he isn't chubby

it's puppy fat

montysorry · 25/11/2010 22:36

He's a tosser!
No more or less a tosser due to how his partner feeds their baby but a tosser nonetheless!

Simbacatlives · 25/11/2010 22:36

I know he is a bit chubby and assume that if viewed naked would have some decent man boobs but not sure he could breastfeed.

scottishmummy · 25/11/2010 22:35

they have a new baby feed it,love it,cuddle it

DirtyMartini · 25/11/2010 22:34

scottish mummy I'm not saying she did struggle. I'm saying if.

Point being that just because formula was maybe bought, doesn't mean the OP is right to assume there is no BFing going on as well, in which case the thread is misguided.

Not helpful to anyone either way.

scottishmummy · 25/11/2010 22:32

smoe folk get indignant about fuck all

nancy75 · 25/11/2010 22:32

Should he lie? Would that make you happier?
How his partner chooses to feed their baby is none of your business

Preggersplayspop · 25/11/2010 22:31

I haven't seen the clip but from the description it sounds like he was just making idle chit chat.

tethersend · 25/11/2010 22:31

Oooh, have you a link? I love a good cunt thread. I think I'd like Ed more if he called people cunts.

DirtyMartini · 25/11/2010 22:30

Tethers, there is one of those gratuitous is-it-ok-to-say-cunt threads going on somewhere. I feel sure that I have bumped into you on those before, which is perhaps why as I was reading it I randomly thought "where is tethers?" And here you are!

scottishmummy · 25/11/2010 22:26

who says she struggled maybe she chose ff

DirtyMartini · 25/11/2010 22:25

Oh honestly, it matters not.

If his dp is struggling with BF and happens to be on here I'm sure she'll feel great about seeing this thread Hmm. It's nobody's business but theirs.

tethersend · 25/11/2010 22:25

I saw the clip on the news and knew there would be a thread about it Grin

Is it a joke?

This is not why Ed Milliband is terrible BTW.

herbietea · 25/11/2010 22:24

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notpartofthelifeplan · 25/11/2010 22:20

Dh said he thought Ed pointed to Aptamil and said "We use that one". Dh could be shit-stirring. I couldn't care less

onimolap · 25/11/2010 22:20

It was unwise to be filmed by BBC in conjunction with an identifiable brand of formula (it's just been on the News at 10).

But it's entirely and solely the business of him and his DP how they feed their infant.

Wigeon · 25/11/2010 22:18

If you're talking about the clip which was just on the BBC News at 10, then he didn't seem to say that his child is or isn't FF - he walked past the formula section in Tescos, said something trivial about it, the Tesco shop assistant said something like "you'll know all about that now, you're the expert" and he said "oooh, I don't know about that".

Not sure whether this is evidence that he is pro / anti BF or pro / anti FF or anything really, apart from a minor bit of chit chat with the Tesco staff member.

scottishmummy · 25/11/2010 22:15

majority of mums ff,so does his dp.so what.he wasnt saying vote labour and ff for all

scottishmummy · 25/11/2010 22:14

oh so what.majority of mums bf.get over it

thisisyesterday · 25/11/2010 22:01

no-one is blaming anyone for not breastfeeding

is there a link to this anywhere? why did it come up in an interview anyway?

LynetteScavo · 25/11/2010 22:01

I think he made a flip comment as he walked past a display of formular.

I couldn't hear what as dd was talking at me.

SlightlyTubbyHali · 25/11/2010 22:01

Reminds me of the similar thread about David Cameron. I wonder if a bottle-feeding Tory is more or less offensive than a bottle-feeding leftie. We'll have to compare thread lengths...

Anyway, presumably it is not really up to either man how their baby is fed. Unless there is some way they can get their moobs to lactate...

LarissaFeodorovna · 25/11/2010 21:59

Ed Miliband has boobies?

Goodness. Now that IS news.