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MNQ's - Would you like to join other MNers for a Q&A with the Deputy Prime Minister?

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JustineMumsnet · 13/03/2015 18:16

Hello,

We're going to be holding a live, in-person Q&A session with the Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, on March 25 between 12.45 and 2pm.

The audience will be solely composed of Mumsnetters. There's a possibility that it will be filmed for broadcast, so you'd need to be comfortable with that - and for security reasons audience members will need to be accredited in advance.

The venue will be confirmed to the guests nearer the time, but it will be in central London (apologies - we know this is annoying for those of you who aren't in the south-east).

If you want to know where the DPM stands on all the issues, please do add your name to this thread. If you filled out our election survey and gave your contact details we might contact you via email as well.

Thanks

OP posts:
LizzieWaterworth · 17/03/2015 20:01

ever

MrsSquirrel · 17/03/2015 20:53

Can I come too? Wednesday is my day off.

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RowanMumsnet · 18/03/2015 09:19

@mommyisbest

Please count me in.

Lovely!

We're getting a few responses in now via email as well so we will try to confirm completely who's on the list by tomorrow - but do please keep adding your names here if you'd like to come and we'll confirm ASAP.

jonicomelately · 18/03/2015 09:57

I posted earlier to say I'd like to come. I've now sorted childcare so if there are any places still available I'd like to be added to the list.

jonicomelately · 18/03/2015 09:57

...please.

littleducks · 18/03/2015 10:15

I'm interested and can make myself available. Will start planning out questions now!

WalkingThePlank · 18/03/2015 10:31

I am interested in attending.

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RowanMumsnet · 18/03/2015 10:48

Thanks v much all - please hold the date and time and we'll try to confirm ASAP - would love to have you, just need to check a couple of things with the venue and make sure we don't go over on numbers but in principle we're very keen

YonicScrewdriver · 18/03/2015 10:57

Never, Lizzie?

Grin
Heckler · 18/03/2015 11:12

Are any of us meant to have received emails? I haven't.

Whitershadeofpale · 18/03/2015 11:17

I haven't either heckler

LadyBlaBlah · 18/03/2015 12:18

I'd love to meet Nick. Please. I'd be awfully nice

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RowanMumsnet · 18/03/2015 14:28

Don't worry we haven't sent any emails yet - we'll post here when we do

Heckler · 18/03/2015 16:21

Thank you Rowan. I have another question, but will wait until I am on my laptop rather than phone.

wannaBe · 19/03/2015 11:46

I just wanted to correct one slight point about guide dog rehoming. It used to be the case that there was a waiting list of potential rehomers, but guide dogs have actually got rid of this in the past two years or so. Now if you want to rehome a retire guide dog you apply and if in three months you have not been contacted then it is assumed you were not matched to a dog and you have to apply again. There is no longer a waiting list, and all applicants are removed from the list after three months. This policy has come in for a lot of criticism, along with the criteria for rehoming a dog, e.g. while you are not to leave the dog for more than four hours a day (fair enough) you wouldn't be accepted to rehome a guide dog if you had a dog walker/had the dog go to your parents during the day or anything like that.

I know someone who was told they couldn't rehome their dog to a friend as their garden was too small (pub garden with fields round the back, but was told that he himself could keep the dog even though he lived in a one bedroom flat with no garden. Hmm

I have recently been in a position of having to rehome a retired guide dog (I kept him when he retired, but divorce/moving house presented issues which meant I couldn't keep him), and the emphasis now is very much on the owner finding their own home with guide dogs finding one if it's a last resort... Every time I spoke to rehoming their first question was "have you found somewhere yet?" This is potentialy problematic for owners who are unable to keep their dogs but might not be able to have a family member take them on either (normal rehoming policies apply to those as well), who are now often left feeling that they can't have a replacement dog if they can't find a suitable home for their retired dog..

Also, if you as owner keep your retired dog guide dogs will continue to pay vet fees whereas if you rehome they do not.

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RowanMumsnet · 19/03/2015 12:51

OK - you should all (hopefully!) be getting an email winging in to your inboxes about now.

Still a few places available if anyone else fancies it so do post if you'd like to come.

Thanks
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nameequality · 19/03/2015 14:15

Rowan - I would like to come too Smile.

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RowanMumsnet · 19/03/2015 14:30

@nameequality

Rowan - I would like to come too Smile.

Will mail you now!

LocalEditorBromley · 19/03/2015 15:03

Rowan I would like to attend too if you still have space. Thanks"

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RowanMumsnet · 19/03/2015 16:14

@LocalEditorBromley

Rowan I would like to attend too if you still have space. Thanks"

yep sure - have emailed you

Trenzalore · 19/03/2015 17:11

thisll prob get deleted and no one will dare ask him all this!

and I cant go as Im a fulltime carer.

So, Mr Clegg, Why are you implementing things NOW? (like helping elderly)after all the years you've been in power, just to get votes and then go back to your usual stuff.

Why is the bedrrom tax on disabled people who have rooms adapted for their disabilities and cant move(literally)?

Prime minister is disablist yet uses his own child to sob story us to vote.
He couldnt give a fig about the disabled.

Prime minister is the sherrif of Nottingham, taking from the poor and lining his, yours and bankers pockets.

Why is money spent on interpreters for immigrants instead of actually making them learn the language of the counrty they choose to live in?
(this also applies to all countries in the world,BTW, Im not being UKIP).

Why dont you leave the tories, youre just a pawn in their network, they will go under without you.

Why dont you form a coalition with labour if anythng? they seem to have 'more in common' with you.

And why dont you all set your manifestos in stone (literally) so you ALL do what you say on the tin.

The poor, the vulnerable and the disabled are suffering because of you lot.

Its one thing getting heavy on benefit cheats (and unfortunately there are many) but the genuine in need shouldnt have to suffer for it.

If you took your head out of the PMs A youd see what the real worlds like.

fed up of empty promises, and btw, ''all in it together?'' YOU are all in it together, the rest of us are outcasts.

Cookie51 · 19/03/2015 18:17

Can't make it but can someone ask why there is still no realistic help with the cost of childcare, at very least the whole cost should be tax free, not just a fraction?

LEGreenwich · 19/03/2015 18:31

I went to the last one with my 3weeks old baby.
Can I come with a 10 months old now?

RatHammock · 20/03/2015 03:31

I'm a bit late to the party but would love to attend if there is any space.

rubydooby007 · 20/03/2015 06:32

Thanks for your kind offer but I'll be in rehab - it happens everytime I hear him speak but good luck to you all x