Men more prepared to sacrifice family life for success, says Farage

Nigel Farage has said men will more readily sacrifice their family lives to be successful in their business careers than women, and that young men are being too "feminised" by modern society.

- Rowena Mason

The Reform leader set out his view on gender balance in the workplace in a conversation with journalists in Westminster, saying women made "different life choices" when it came to work. He went on to suggest that Reform attracts men because they are more impulsive than women.

Asked if the men who fill 80% of top jobs in business were all there based purely on merit, he said: "I think the truth is that in many cases women make very different life choices to men. If you look at business, men are prepared to sacrifice family lives in order to pursue a career and be successful in a way that fewer women are. Those women that do probably have more chance of reaching the top than the blokes."

Reform is dominated by men at the top, with Farage as leader, Richard Tice as deputy, Nick Candy as treasurer and Zia Yusuf as chair, along with two more male MPs. Its press and policy teams are also staffed by men.