he had gone on daytime television to try to win over the women voters he struggles to appeal to nigel farage had even been given a list of ‘women friendly’ policies to show how he could cater to the audience of loose women then he went and said it was a ‘fact of life’ that women will earn less than men when they return to some jobs after childbirth scroll down for video  nigel farage today faced the wrath of the loose women, as they challenged him about his smoking, drinking, the state of his marriage and why he is the most hated man in britain  the ukip leader appeared on the itv show as part of an effort to soften his image and tackle the idea that the party struggles to appeal to female voters  the ukip leader said new mothers should expect to be paid less in city jobs because they will ‘find themselves behind the rest of the pack’ he told the itv daytime panel show: ‘if you’re a doctor, a lawyer, a researcher, you’re a woman, you have a baby, you take six months or a year off you are not disadvantaged at all in that job ‘but there are other jobs in which if you take six months off and come back you find yourself behind the rest of the pack and earning less money that is a fact of life it’s difficult to change that’ labour’s business spokesman stella creasy was one of those who objected to the comment she wrote on twitter: ‘sorry, @nigel farage said what?! just a fact of life is it women earn less after kids? no it’s an injustice and we can change it’ linda robson: 'i don't really know much about politics but can you tell me why you've been voted the most hated man in britain?' mr farage: 'that's quite a compliment isn't it' jane moore asked him why he had dropped his immigration cap she said he was a 'bit flip floppy' mr farage: 'the cap is a nonsense' asked about his drinking, mr farage said: 'i only spend five or six hours a day in the pub, that's all i do i can't see what all the fuss is about' nadia sawalha told him: 'if i was your wife i would be giving you a bad telling off for that, what does your wife think?' before his appearance, mr farage was shown outside the studio sipping from a loose women mug while smoking a cigarette he joked that he felt like he was going into the lion’s den and begged the presenters to have mercy on him actress linda robson, one of the show’s panellists, asked mr farage why he had been voted ‘the most hated man in britain’ he began replying: ‘if you look at the political class we’ve got, by which i mean the people that go to the same handful of schools, all go to oxford, all do the same degree’ he was then challenged with the comment: ‘well you’re one of them you went to public school,’ but mr farage went on: ‘you look at these political figures, they are all like cardboard cut outs they are all playing safe, they are all scared of the media i’m not, i’m a bit like marmite people either like me or don’t like me’ he said all politicians are fundamentally ‘selfish’ and neglect their families he said: ‘the other three big leaders are very good at coming on programmes like this and saying what wonderful family men they are, how they do the school run and when the babies were little they changed all the nappies and did the night feeds maybe that’s true all i can say is, it’s pretty much impossible to do that’ during the 10 minute showdown on daytime tv, mr farage was tackled over 'flip flopping' on immigration, his private education, his unhealthy lifestyle and his admission that he would be a poor prime minister  linda robson asked him: 'when do you get to spend time with your wife and you children?' loose women pannelists andrea mclean and jane moore grilled mr farage about his policies and lifestyle  nadia sawalha told mr farage should would not put up with his drinking if she was his wife  farage was also challenged about whether he has any 'guilt' about being seen as a beer swilling, chain smoking figure  his comments came after his second wife, kirsten, last week told the daily mail she felt like a single mother because he is never home when challenged about whether he has any guilt about being seen as a beer swilling, chain smoking figure, he joked: ‘i only spend five or six hours a day in the pub, that’s all i do’ but nadia sawalha, who was another panellist along with andrea mclean and jane moore, told him: ‘if i was your wife i would be giving you a bad telling off for that’ he responded: ‘i get up at five o’clock in the morning, i’m rarely home before midnight i think at lunchtime i deserve a sherbet’ on his way to the studio mr farage was photographed with a sheet of paper with the heading ‘women friendly policies’ the briefing note included, ‘remove 5 per cent vat from sanitary products’, along with previously announced policies such as extra nhs staff mr farage did not talk about the policy on the programme nigel farage joked he spends 6 hours in the pub  nigel farage joked that he spent up to six hours a day in the pub as he was challenged about the impact of his drinking on his family life he was asked whether he has any 'guilt' about being seen as a beer swilling, chain smoking figure he joked: 'i only spend five or six hours a day in the pub, that's all i do i can't see what all the fuss is about' but nadia  sawalha told him: 'if i was your wife i would be giving you a bad telling off for that, what does your wife think?' she told him that working long hours, smoking and drinking was not a 'good example' for the public but mr farage repeated his recent admission that he rarely sees his family as a result of his work 'i get up at five o'clock in the morning, i'm rarely home before midnight i think at lunchtime i deserve a sherbet'
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ukip leader appears on daytime tv to soften image with female voters . panellists ask him about smoking, drinking and the state of his marriage . linda robson asks: why are you the most hated man in britain?. nadia sawalha says she would give him a 'telling off' for boozing . jane moore questions 'flip floppy' policy on immigration this week . farage boasts ukip will get more than 10 mps to hold balance of power . insists he is 'fit as a flea' and deserves a 'sherbert' in a pub at lunchtime 