Step forward everyone who thinks that the way webchats currently work (where the sleb ignores most of the questions and is roundly barracked for so doing) is FINE.

BTW - a committee? No thanks.

Fast typing, well-prepared sleb; on the ball moderator who will kickass prod when needed. And did I mention well-prepared?

The Waitrose guys were really good

I can't make out what Oprah is not doing either....

LOOK AT THE LINK

that is what we want.
nothing else

which would rule out the vast majority if politicians of course

or silly men with oversized egos

That is fecking hilarious.

I think that some of the guests invited for web chats here have seriously underestimated their audience . I also think that MNHQ underestimates its audience.

MNers don't like being patronised. Please only invite guests with a real mastery of their subject matter, not silly women with oversized egos.

you HAVE to watch that!!!

turn the sound up and you might have one too

waitrose were MASTERs

I want them to be like those Oprahs giveaways she has where they all find diamond bracelets under their chairs.
can we have that?( but english style - you know a findus crispy pancake or something)

I asked old Tory boy what his best abba track was and he pretended not to know straight away

arf

We don't want the questions too vetted otherwise we'd miss gems such as LadyTophamHatt (iirc) mistaking Tana Ramsey for Tanya Bryon and asking her a question on children and Tana Ramsey answering her .

Hummmm. I do hugely agree that DG was frustrating - but, although I was in support of the idea on the DG thread, I wonder if a panel would really have helped in that situation. I think lots of us DID keep going "answer mps question please", and it didn't really make a huge difference. If someone isn't prepared to answer a question, they won't answer it.

I have two concerns with a 'formal' panel approach: I suspect it might be tricky for lesser known posters to get to ask their questions - as you say there are so many well informed people on here, and it would be a shame to end up with the same old faces (& you know it would...)
But mostly, I do rather enjoy the banter side of things - imo these are web chats, not web-interogations. I like the fact that it is fast moving - I think Tony Parsons was a good example here - it really was a webchat. He could also type fast.

I wonder if we could agree on 5/10 top questions to be answered first (these could be sent to the web chatee in advance, so they had no excuse for not having a good answer) and then once they've tackled those, chat could commence...

and definitely agree evenings are better

i think the distinctly underwhelming daisy goodwin chat has crytallised a few ishooos re webchats

but i think belgo's point that what they don't answer is also relevant is a good one

agree that not answering MPs question until at the end and then so briefly was v v telling and frankly, surely the whole point of the webchat would have been to discuss that whole BUB debacle. surely DG would have expected it?

or was she hoping with all our infighting and sniping about breastfeeding, we would have forgotten all about it?

think a panel or a top ten of questions agreed on would be a good way to go in the future, but i also think that the interviewee would take fright and run on more occasions sheherzadegoldsmithi'mtalking-toyou

Good. I might have to go to Waitrose the next time I'm in England. Don't think I've been to one before.

Belgo - the waitrose boys were good and they're taking sophable and her dh on a freebie holiday fact-finding trip.

Yes, evenings would be far better. Daytime webchats do working parents a disservice. It's ridiculous now I come to think of it.

We need Paxo to press them for an answer, 32 times.

Sorry aitch for repeating you - I am guilty of Not Reading the Thread Before Posting.

Maybe it would work better if questions were first sent to MNHQ and then answered in order.

I don't know what happened on the Waitrose thread, was it good or bad?

Oh Daisy Goodwin

Phew.

I wasn't aware I was the subject of a webchat. Oh and I don't have a home office in farrow and ball pale green or a copy of Byron.

do they do their own typing? if they are a bit pants or a bit slow, wouldn't a member of the mn team do the typing?

i think the panel idea is a good one

evening webchats also a good idea