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

[Questionsssss]

Do you think a degree educated, middle class 30 year old SAHM without any notable work history would ever have a chance at becoming a local councillor or MP? I feel like most MPs have either a local council or highly skilled professional background (law, finance etc). I’ve googled and I can’t find a single MP who has a SAHM background.

Delusions of grandeur, entitled, self serving, not much going on in terms of intelligence - perfect Reform candidate🤣

OP, have you heard of the Dunning-Kruger effect?

That all sounds very community minded but you say she ‘pesters the council’ - she IS the council. None of what you mentioned is the core job of being a councillor. How does she do in that role? What motions and amendments does she propose? How does she get alongside other councillors to make sure they get cross party support? How does she vote? What requests does she make from her officers? How carefully does she read their reports and raise appropriate questions about them?

I wouldn't vote for a SAHM - regardless of her politics.
It's a FT (ish) job.
She'd take time off when DC has a sniffle, would not attend debates if she couldn't get a baby-sitter, etc.

Agree 100%.

All too easy for OP to look out from her diamond encrusted bubble. Reality bites.

I don’t have the time to answer your whole post at the moment. But I don’t hate disabled people.

10000% people with disabilities should be helped. Houses and cars adapted, adjustments made, benefits paid. I obviously have no issues with actual disabled people claiming for anything. I DO have a problem with people with anxiety claiming they can’t work because they find public transport too stressful, or people with depression going on long term sick leave. Or university students being given free laptops as they have ADHD. Or people claiming carers allowance as their partner is autistic. There are too many people taking advantage of how relaxed our criteria is.

Yes I think this is a good idea. Longer parental leave.

She does all that as well. The community stuff is how she gets votes. Otherwise they whinge that they only see candidates at election time and only get a leaflet and no interaction.

She is incredibly diligent and on several committees. She’s in the majority party so doesn’t always need cross party support for anything. She spends a lot of time ensuring her constituents are supported in understanding council business/activity.

She’s both a council and community council councillor, hence the cross over.

OP only cares about women who managed to bag high-earning husbands🤣

Paid for by………?

Exactly this.

Indeed I have 😂

@Questionsssss .... Have you heard of it?

And doesn't believe childcare is in their best interests but is considering a high pressure full time job with young children???

Oh I was with you until I read

1. Reform Party
2. PIP cuts and carers allowance cuts
3. you can’t spell 😂

I was recently a uni student with ADHD and could have had £20k or so of specialist software but they absolutely wouldn’t buy me any form of electronic device.

i don’t think you really understand the things you want to change.

And who the fuck are you to decide what “genuinely disabled” is or isn’t?

Eh? What party do I support? Certainly not Reform!

I DO have a problem with people with anxiety claiming they can’t work because they find public transport too stressful, or people with depression going on long term sick leave. Or university students being given free laptops as they have ADHD.

It's interesting to me that this is your example. My oldest child could have fallen into all these categories and was truly struggling for a while. But because we're a high earning family, and able to afford private school, get him on a laptop and access mental health care privately, he's now thriving, doing medicine at Oxbridge (and, by the way, I was a SAHM for a long time). Are you saying that people from less privileged backgrounds should just pull their socks up and get on with things? Wouldn't that ultimately cost society a lot more than giving people a hand to pull them up?

Are you planning to tackle the underpaid tax by mainly men (but not always men, plenty of women do too) with their own business taking in cash? Probably many of reformers voters. Bet that’s costing the economy billions of pounds but seems almost acceptable yet the disabled, immigrants and large families are to blame.

Right... but that means a high tax society. Which is the opposite of what your mate Nigel wants.

The money has to come from somewhere.

So you think women should stay home with young children and be encouraged to do so but you also want to do a job that will involved you working very long hours, possibly away from home for days (depending on where you live)?

How does that work? What will happen to your children? Won't they suffer the consequences of your working and become delinquents?

Apologies, Isittime, my question re the Dunning-Kruger effect was to @Questionsssss.

Not to you, obviously😀

Yes I think people should take some personal responsibility for their own mental health.

I asked that. Still waiting for a response.

Have to assume her obliging husband is willing to leave his high-paying job to take on the role of SAHP whilst she's off conquering the local council.

Then I definitely wouldnt vote for you! You arent working, paying tax and yet you want more funding for children that you chose to have.

You realise an MP is a job, right? So you wouldn’t be a SAHM anymore.

I suppose if OP does become an MP she wouldn't be the first female anti-feminist politician ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllis_Schlafly