Those who believe MN is more leftists, what makes you think so?

Not really, but possibly a bit London-centric which is hardly surprising as great volumes of people live there and there's a lot more 'stuff' going on.

The little voices coming and reporting from the nether regions are easily squashed down under any wave of disagreement that emanates from the 'power-base'.

Yes, they ended up talking on 30 day only threads.

There's nothing stopping like minded people who are sad that the last governnment lost the election from starting their own series.

Pointythings Any thread with posts regretting the last government lost the last election would be overrun by anti Tory posters very quickly - as you well know.
There are quite a few posters who police political threads very thoroughly in order to censure any pro Tory or anti Labour posts.
Iirc at the time of the EU referendum there were some pro Brexit posters who tried to start their own thread but this was discovered and overrun by anti Brexit posters very quickly.

Officially I don't have an opinion on Brexit as I was so caught up in the arguments that I could not decide on referendum day. I asked my DS17 (three weeks too young to have his own vote) how he would like me to vote, and he told me. So I voted for what he wanted, as he will live with the consequences longer than me.

I voted (my first ever vote) in 1974 to continue membership of the EEC which I still believe was a brilliant concept. By the time of Maastricht, when the EEC turned into a movement towards political union and huge enlargement (mainly driven by careerist politicians seeking ever greater wider powers over a whole continent) I was concerned (not worried) about the ambitions of the EU Commission, and how individuals might express reservations.

Tony Blair's blithe opening of the borders to all residents of the 2005 accession countries (which France, Germany and the Netherlands did not do) brought a wave of young, energetic East Europeans keen to earn West European wages and ready to work. Their competence and willingness showed the shortcomings of the UK's education and training. Need a qualified nurse? A plumber? An au pair? A chef? A waitress? I have the person: their English is just okay, but they will learn quickly. And they did. Usually with a smile. And now those pioneers have found their feet and partners and made their stake in life (as my closest friends and family did in the ME in the 1970s) they're ready to return with the ideas they have gained to build their own countries for their futures. I still believe it's progress. But over population and climate change......

The BBC has a social liberal bias (hence disliked by the right). It's also very establishment biased (hence disliked by the left as well).

Whataboutery is not debate.

Given how those threads go I don't blame them

Wasn't there once a Brexit supporting poster who always had to go and decorate a cake at tricky moments?

Yes agree with you. I guess we all have to go out at some point!

She will debate all comers though. The going is always tough. I guess she might actually have to go out at some point but I don't think it's because a load of gobshites are having a go.

This.

Regarding the OP - Mumsnet seems to be like the BBC. Rightwing people think it's too left leaning, and leftwing people think it's too right leaning. Independent analysis shows it's pretty neutral overall.

Oh does she, ok fair enough 😀

Yep. This the amount of people taking swipes, if people can't see that and post that quote or whatever, is it because they are part of it, maybe

To be fair, when the going gets tough Clav usually says she has to go out!🙂

Mumsnet doesn't really like us naming and discussing posters when they are not present, so I'll say nothing further.

Not sure what you mean. She deserves a medal for all the times she has been rounded on and not lost it.

Well, quite. It would be different if Clav ever said what SHE actually thinks of the issues under discussion, but all we get is a screed of cut and paste, much of it over a decade old and not very relevant. That's hardly heroic.

In terms of 'work more hours' as a solution - that's privilege talking, operating on the assumption that it's possible or even easy for everyone to do.

Because there are usually a bunch of reasons the 'someone' can not do so.

Cutting and pasting is not that difficult.

I agree. Branding people as 'anti Christian' for not agreeing with some manifestations of Christianity is a gross simplification and a manifestation of the victim mentality some people have.

I'm an atheist. I'm completely in favour of people having the freedom to choose and live their faith. I just want that faith to keep its nose out of my life, hence I want laws that are made based on secular tenets, and I want religion and government properly separated. No Bishops in the HoL, no invoking any religious ideas when debating new laws. The laws of a nation should be there for everyone, not just the majority group of the faithful. And yes, that means I 100% oppose ALL religiously founded regimes, no matter what the faith in question.

It is also not the case that being pro choice is the preserve of the left. Plenty of right wing people on MN support the right to choose. People are complicated.

You don't do irony, clearly.

@SoporificLettuce
"So given both of the above I would say that contributors on MN definitely tend to be anti Christian and prochoice, therefore left wing"

I absolutely disagree with your assertion that being anti Christian (I think you might actually mean either anti religion, or atheist, which are very different things) or pro choice is the preserve of the Left.

As a Christian, my experience of many other contributors on MN is that they tend to be very negative, mocking, sneering etc. towards Christianity.

However, MNHQ have recently added a Christian Mumsnetters board, which I welcome as a ‘safe space’ for Christians to chat about issues in which we are interested.

On the abortion issue MN is absolutely prochoice, both in terms of the majority of contributors and MNHQ. Prolife contributions must be very carefully written to avoid being deleted by MNHQ moderators.

So given both of the above I would say that contributors on MN definitely tend to be anti Christian and prochoice, therefore left wing.

MNHQ is not anti Christian but is definitely prochoice.

Honestly she deserves a medal.

What a strange comment. I know hundreds of people and lead a very active work and social life with people from a huge variety of backgrounds. I've lived in about five different cities worked in many different jobs and nobody has openly ever been anti abortion. Ive just had aook and current studies show that only about 6% of the population are anti-abortion. It's a pretty rare thing to believe in. Where is 87% of people are pro abortion. You're very much in the minority.