Labour’s former deputy leader criticised the Tory MP after he said he was no “modern man” and had never changed a nappy following the birth of his sixth child, Sixtus. “Men who don’t change nappies are deadbeat dads – and that includes Jacob Rees-Mogg,” said Harman, who is campaigning for MPs to be allowed to have a formal maternity or paternity leave system for the first time. The ‘Rees-Mogg model’ or the modern father who – as well as the mother – is involved with a newborn,” said Harman. “Eighteen months maternity leave within that time for three children doesn’t seem too much to ask. Without maternity leave I lost out.

Source: The Guardian September 09, 2017 05:00 UTC