to ask why several prominent members seem to have vanished?!?

I have more important things to do but not better things ( at the moment) ?

I expect they had "better things to do"

I think jura2 really meant prolific though.

In answer to OP, I would just say that as this is a free country, presumably they exercised their freedom of choice and chose to do something else instead.
Sad though that those who have remained seem to be regarded as “less prominent “

They wouldn’t be human if they weren’t Anno

Very likely anno

It's possible that members who don't seem to be with us any more are actually "lurking" and having a quiet giggle at this discussion.

No difference between Corbyn Cockups and Maybot.

Gatsby was French, lived in Switzerland, was adopted in UK and returned to Switzerland. Pudding is British, and is 30 years old in Switzerland, Slinky was British, lived in Spain then Switzerland, Minou is probably French. All happy EU citizens. Not sure that makes a difference, lol.

Surely Gransnet doesn't have to be just all about politics?

Just as it doesn't have to be all about knitting/gardening/cooking/games etc?

(Phoenix wanders off humming "fings aint what they used to be"............)

But I've not seen any about " how marvellous our government and the daily Mail is".

If a thread titled “ comrade Corbyn cock ups” isn’t Corbyn bashing I don’t know what is ( haven’t read. Any of it so maybe it’s not) I am not remotely a JC supporter btw.

Our semi adopted dogs are Danish Jack Russels on long legs- and they are fully anti-Brexit and totally European by birth and travel.

Thanks Kitty-the OP with no name has given an explanation or an excuse, for the choice of words you didn't like. And I do believe you know she is not a native English speaker.

And yet- I still think 'prominent' as in very active and of substance in their links and comments- even if you disagree with them- was not far off the mark.

Merlot If your Jack Russells post on the forum, they will get the same respectful hearing that any other poster receives. Anyone who says that they are barking will be reported for personal abuse.

I was replying to Paddyann's post of 19:41:35, which I assumed was referring to political threads. She may of course have been referring to all topics, where, as you say, political leanings don't have much effect on cake recipes or family relationships. If she was, then her concerns are irrelevant, particularly as I don't remember the three absent posters commenting very often on relationships and cookery.

My Jack Russells are anarchists. Does that count?

That's quite right, phoenix. Which is why I questioned the op's 'prominent posters' wording.

Elegran, you are right in saying that "we will be left with a mix of people across the spectrum from left to right", but forgive if I'm wrong in this, but surely that is based on political threads?

There are threads on other topics, where surely ones political inclinations are of no relevance?

(I've yet to meet a pet with political leanings)

We will be left with a mix of people from across the whole spectrum from left to right, paddyann. Losing three from one end of the bell-curve out of the hundreds (thousands?) of GN members won't change what the rest think. It may be that any posting vacuum will be filled by people who didn't post much before. Those may be from left, centre-left, centre, centre-right, right, or zig-zagging from side to side. Until they post, we won't know.

Thank you, Elrel

Depends on what you see as left wing paddyann. I've always voted Labour, at times been active in the LP but left a year after JC was elected Leader. I saw him speak at the hustings 3 times, he spoke well and had huge support from the audiences. I didn't 't vote for him because I want a Labour government and lived through the Foot years and onwards. I did not believe JC could convince enough none left leaning voters to vote for a party that would result in him as PM. My views have been very unpopular amongst many other left leaners. So I may not be left enough I fear but I'm certainly not a tory.

so will we be left with folk who are slightly to the left of Attila the hun? Anyone left wing left?

You don't read those threads, Geri because they are not there to read, so you are not missing anything by avoiding them.
There are many threads about how marvellous Jeremy Corbyn is - that certainly gets repetitive. Maybe the posters who have vanished became bored with repeating themselves?