article_snippet.sent: Patrick O'Flynn, who is also party's economics spokesman, said Ukip needs to 'work harder' as it is 'lagging' behind with female voters.
article_snippet.sent: As he launched party's 'policies for women' alongside the Ukip deputy chairman Suzanne Evans and MEP Diane James, MEP Patrick O'Flynn was forced to defend its 'blokeish' image under Nigel Farage.
article_snippet.sent: Patrick O'Flynn, who is also the party's economics spokesman, said Ukip needs to 'work harder' as it is 'lagging' behind with female voters .
article_snippet.sent: Ukip MEP Godfrey Bloom was forced out of party in September 2013 after branding women who do not clean behind the fridge as 'sluts'.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Farage, who was absent from the women's event, has previously been criticised for controversial remarks about breast-feeding and whether women are less valuable to employers after women have been on maternity leave.
highlights_snippet.sent: MEP Patrick O'Flynn says party still resorts to 'boorishness or chauvinism' 