Webchat with Deputy Labour Leader Harriet Harman MP; THURSDAY 12 FEBRUARY 12-1pm

Re The Pink Bus. Why couldn't it be Geen, white and purple-suffragette colours? It would mean so much more and remind us of the debt we owe to those women.

Despite being a socialist at heart I have two main issues with Labour. One is the leader, and it's too late for the party to do anything about that now. The second issue is the question I'd like to ask Ms Harman. How can we trust Labour with the economy?

I don't know if I can still ask questions but this is one more.

The Conservatives are bringing in training for Carers but the employers are going to carry this out and award the "certificating". Surely this should be an external qualification or even an apprenticeship?

Anyone else follow the Mumsnet web chat? HH didn't answer many questions and it was a huge disappointment. Who at GNHQ decided which of GN questions to put to her.

Well that didn't particularly go down well with mums did it!.

I wasn't disappointed as I never expected much in the first place. That was awful!

That was even worse than the Yvette Cooper web chat on GN. At least Ann Widdicombe answered more questions and didn't shy away from difficult questions.

Back to the pink bus Harriett but I hope for your sake the women you meet don't expect to hear anything that doesn't require moving away from the party mantra or you will be lost. Time to hand over the reign to other Labour female MP's I think such as Gloria
De Pietro.

Gloria De Piero

Boo Didn't realise it was only going to be on Mumsnet. Is there no way we can read her answers here?

Just looked on The Other Side to read webchat. What a woeful waste of time!

If she hasn't got time for us she may find we have no time for her and her party come 7th May.

Not many people posting on here have any time for the Labour party anyway. I do not blame her for only answering one Gransnet question.

durhamjen

What has that got to do with anything. Do you expect only questions that give praise!

It was a mumsnet web chat and only one answer was given in response to GN.

I wonder why she didn't let mumsnet type for her?

No, but as she has a lot of questions to choose from, she is not going to choose ones from people who phrase their questions in an antoginistic way, is she?

I do not understand your last question. What's typing got to do with it?

Not many people posting on here have any time for the Labour party anyway
Who is to say?
And it would be very sad if politicians only bothered to answer people they thought always voted for them.

she is not going to choose ones from people who phrase their questions in an antoginistic way, is she?

Why? If she can't take a bit of flack and answer her critics then she is in the wrong job.

People are astonished at the patronising pink bus and quite rightly would like some answers why it was chosen.

durhamjen the typing referred to the comments made on MN because HH couldn't type fast enough to get through the questions. For some reason she didn't allow MN's fast typists do it for her . . . Hence so few questions were answered.

Worried about being accidentally misquoted, I expect, and it being all over the press tomorrow!

Well, that was all a bit of a damp squib.

Why aren't I surprised?

Did anyone else watch An Idiot's guide to politics on BBC3 last night? Harriet Harman was on there very briefly.
It's worth watching because it shows what goes on at websites like www.change.org
A petition was made to stop MPs lying in parliament.
Zac Goldsmith says they shouldn't lie!

no, didn't see that programme,but did listen to Any Questions on radio4 on Saturday, where HH was on the panel,and she didn't give a straight answer to anything!

Well, you can watch it on iplayer, I would think, roses.