to feel it is time to let the election threads die off

A thread about threads? Isn't that against the rules?

I don't think Mollie was clear about what she meant by an 'election thread'. Discussions about the EU and HRA, NF, etc resulted from the election but took the discussion on.

If one finds a thread boring or irritating surely one ignores it and respects the fact that if a thread is active it's because those who post on the boring or irritating thread do not find it boring or irritating

Only women, petra?

Anti austerity march in London next month in case anyone's missed the link.

www.thepeoplesassembly.org.uk/end_austerity_now_national_demonstration_saturday_20th_june?e=4f295de050c123204df7f4a5c79d8428&utm_source=thepeoplesassembly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=resonstodemo&n=2

No no no, FarNorth. I think these threads have shown that there are still women (of a certain age :-) ) out there who's brains are still working.
And I have to say that the most interesting and insightful have been of a different political party to me.

As though that's going to happen, FarNorth!

Just that it should cower quietly in a corner, maybe?

And yet quite a few members were complaining about the post-election bile being posted on certain threads, including you, Ariadne if I remember rightly.

I don't think mollie meant that the whole 'politics' forum should die off!

And me, petra! It is stimulating to read so many opinions and ideas, and to learn as I go. It's our future, and that of our children and grandchildren that are at stake. Healthy debate is good, and if it gets a bit nasty, well, look at what's happening with the political groups today - especially those who didn't win.

If you don't like it, don't read it. Simple. There's always steam cleaners, or bras to discuss. Both of which I have enjoyed too, BTW!

I second that Margaret.

Anyway what happened to freedom of speech?

Its not even 2 weeks since the election. A lot of thinking people find politics interesting. A lot more interesting than most of GN.

Wasn't Clegg an MEP before he became an MP?

If the politics threads left Gransnet, so would I, as that's what I am interested in.
I know which people would say good to that.

Soontobe. Can I come and live in your bubble? And not in the one that this (me) old cynic lives. I've taken an interest in politics all my adult life and the older I get the more I've come to the realisation that their all in it for their own benefit. Keep your eye on where Ed Milliband, Ed Balls and Nick Clegg go when the dust settles. My bet is at least one of them will go into part of the financial sector.

If a post or thread goes against GN guidelines then report it, mollie65. If you find something boring then ignore it. How hard is that?

The election has put in place politicians who are going to affect our lives in the coming years. Why would you complain about people being interested?

The personal bits that may have been said to you - I havent been around much for the last day and a half.
Have you spoken to gransnet HQ?

I have been wondering why politics is still so interesting lately.
And have concluded it is because MPs are finally saying what they really think!!!

I used to switch off the tv amd switch off mentally when politics has been talked about in the last about 3 years, right up to about 2 months ago. Because politicians only said whatever they were trained to say.

But now they are not constrained[except possibly the conservatives], and are saying what they really think! And it is brilliant. Well to me anyway.

I do think that further down the line, some of what they are saying now will come back to haunt them. Particularly in Labour. And particularly what they are saying about the economy and Labour spending etc. But for now, I am watching more politics, than I have probably watched in a full year.

They do seem to have finally died a natural death. Of course we should have a politics forum for those that wish to discuss the subject. I'm pretty sure I've never posted on that forum but I would defend to the hilt the rights of those that wish too.
However, I'm grateful that when I look at the active page it is no longer full of political based threads and that I can find a thread that I want to add too.

This being the exception to prove the rule

Mollie, do what I do and vote with your feet, don't even bother with those threads. only the diehard few will go on with them.

I suppose they will die off naturally when people get fed up with them and will change to threads about what is politically newsworthy at the time.

Any remarks which are against the guidelines are usually dealt with by GN; anything else would be censorship.

If I could do an "anti-bump" post that hid away a thread, I would put it on this one, not the election ones. I would rather they stayed under the political banner but you can't gag people. I have a feeling they will run together into fewer threads in a while anyway.

You complain about the many election threads while adding yet another! Not logical.

mollie you do sound very cross - are you about life in general or is it just on this forum?

Mumsnet do not have so much staying power as us older types

Perhaps, mollie you should directly ask HQ to remove the Politics section from the forum thereby making it a much more interesting place to be. Out of interest, can you tell me what subjects you DO want to discuss on here?

I guess those who are interested in politics will join those threads, and those who aren't, or are fed up with them, can leave them alone.

There are lots of political changes and decisions in the news, so people are bound to want to discuss these.

Threads die off when people cease to be interested in them; and that is an individual choice.