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dear mn hq why is a government department posting on mn

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Sevenfold · 21/11/2011 16:21

here

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Peachy · 22/11/2011 15:54

Three feet / Masked- probably yes.

Have wonderd about a few uber-claimant threads (IYKWIM)- stereotypes r us stuff.

In my mind the trick is when someone who is known to be genuine- carers, sick etc- posts on it they get consistently ignored as they are not part of the 'target market'.

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Sevenfold · 21/11/2011 21:37

what a weird thing
we either have a poster pretending to be a government department, or a government department wasting time posting.

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DazzleII · 21/11/2011 20:48

I actually think that's what's wrong with the NHS, SinicalSal.

Grin
SinicalSal · 21/11/2011 20:06

god aren't government departments inefficient enough without adding that time-sink MN into the mix.

can you imagine the govt losing the run of themselves in an aibu bunfight.

MildlyNarkyPuffin · 21/11/2011 20:00

That's why I asked if they'd pass the message on Jenai. I know it's not them.

ChippingInNeedsSleep · 21/11/2011 19:59

PMSL

DepartmentOfHealth · 21/11/2011 19:57

Dear mums netters. Please do not worry about a fradulent individual registering as MinistryOfHealth and posting possibly non factual information.

We have already registered this name to ensure that this can not happen.

Regards

MinistryOfHealth

BeerTricksPotter · 21/11/2011 18:38

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JenaiMarrHePlaysGuitar · 21/11/2011 18:29

Puffin to be fair, it isn't the civil service who want cuts - it's politicians.

Clearly some cs support coalition policies as individuals; but generally speaking their role is to advise on the way things are, rather than on the way they ought to to be.

crazynanna · 21/11/2011 18:29

It's justified...just this once

headfairy · 21/11/2011 18:28

I would have said the same crazynanna but I'm supposed to be a pacifist!

headfairy · 21/11/2011 18:28

:o

crazynanna · 21/11/2011 18:23

You lot slap him...I'll kick the shit out of him

headfairy · 21/11/2011 18:21

Sevenfold I think there's going to be a very long queue for slappings. We could always split the queue and have half slap George "Pilsbury Dough Boy" Osborne, he's at least half as culpable.

GloriaTheHighlyFlavouredLady · 21/11/2011 18:20

Notice they've never posted on the SEN boards!

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Sevenfold · 21/11/2011 18:19

headfairy after you have slapped him can my dd slap him

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headfairy · 21/11/2011 18:16

Take that and stick it in your pipe Tory think tank

headfairy · 21/11/2011 18:15

Peachy I fancy Dave. Fancy slapping his smug little face that is :o

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Sevenfold · 21/11/2011 18:08

DepartmentForEducation Tue 15-Nov-11 15:00:52
We're looking for views on free childcare places for two year olds - who should get it and for how long?

We'd really like to hear what you think...

www.education.gov.uk/consultations/index.cfm?action=consultationDetails&consultationId=1782&external=no&menu=1

Supporting Families in the Foundation Years: Proposed Changes to the Entitlement to Free Early Education
This consultation sets out proposals on the new entitlement for two year olds from September 2013, including which children will be eligible. It also includes proposals on the quality and flexibility of the entitlement for two, three and four year olds.

that was on a thread talking about childcare, hardly a contribution to the thread more of a hijack and an advert

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WhoIsThatMaskedWoman · 21/11/2011 18:06

I think MNHQ's suggestion sounds good - they can come on and get genuine helpful information into the appropriate threads, but MNHQ will I hope stop them from teetering into brainwash territory (which would not only be bad in itself, but would detail helpful practical threads into massive political bunfights as everyone piles on and tells them to sod off).

I've seen a couple of threads started by implausible work-shy scroungers which I suspect may have been a front for right wing think tanks trying to whip up anti benefit sentiment.

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Sevenfold · 21/11/2011 18:05

well imo it is crap, I don't post on mn to get it "from the horses mouth" I post to talk to people who might be going though the same thing.
If I want to talk to a government department I will contact them via their website,

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threefeethighandrising · 21/11/2011 17:52

I reckon the government's on here all the time trying to gauge popular support for some of their more inhumane / unsavory policies e.g. threads like "AIBU ti to think that elderly people living alone in 3/4 bed council houses should not have a choice about whether they want to stay there?"

Paranoia or realistic?

I can see it making complete sense to their policy people.
Cameron does have a marketing / media background after all.

Peachy · 21/11/2011 17:45

HF

now THAT I fancy

mind there is a thread atm asking if people fancy DC.

Er no.

Peachy · 21/11/2011 17:45

DS1 saw your DS in a car with his beloved alst week HRH. that of course is apropos of nothing at all, but I prefer your dogs over his feline wife

headfairy · 21/11/2011 17:37

:o Mildly

We should have a specific thread(s) for ranting at government departments... One for each department, with a special shiney one for shiney Dave. Mind you the vitriol on that one would make it not particularly suitable for a family website :o

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