I'm sure in the run up to the announcement of the election all of the parties were rubbing their hands at the rich seam of websites available for direct contact with the electorate, with Mumsnet being the jewel in the crown, if you believe what you read in the papers!
I realise that how elections are fought and won have changed over the years, and that this is now an important tool in the strategy.
So it would seem appropriate that the PR machines would use high profile sites to get their messages across.
However, over the last week or so there have been a number of really clumsy attempts to "influence" for want of a better word.
I always thought that your politics were between you and the ballot box, and it seems a bit strange if you are not involved with a party (of any calling) to suddenly want to stand on the rooftops and proclaim your persuasion.
I'm genuinely interested in whether you all think that there are "professional posters" put on here to try to influence people, or whether it is just genuine MNers speaking their minds?
If it is professional posting - don't you think they should be a bit better prepared?
I'm not deriding any one poster or thread,or trying to "out" anyone but I can't help feeling cynical, and a tiny bit patronised?