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MNHQ here: got a question for the Prime Minister?

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RhiannonEMumsnet · 29/05/2022 12:03

Hi all,

We’re pleased to tell you that next week Justine will be sitting down with Prime Minister Boris Johnson to ask him Mumsnet users’ questions.

If you have a question you'd like answering, you can post it below. Please stick to the usual guidelines - one question per user, keep it civil, and if one topic is dominating, please don't continue to post what's effectively the same question or point. We'll be limited for time so do keep questions as short as possible so that we’re able to ask more of them - as always, we'll try to make sure we cover the topics that we know are important to Mumsnet users.

We'll be closing this thread at noon on Monday, so please do get your questions in before that - and watch this space to hear how the Prime Minister responds.

Thanks,
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JustineMumsnet · 30/05/2022 10:52

Thanks for the questions so far.
A number of you have asked about why we’re doing this or how the questions will be chosen.

Part of our mission at MNHQ is to raise women’s voices, and make sure the our users' concerns are heard in the places where decisions are made. Whatever you think of Boris Johnson, it's undeniable that he’s the key person taking decisions every day that affect the lives of Mumsnet users.

The way the interview works is that we at HQ choose the questions - there's no sign off process by anyone in the PMs team. We have limited time so will only be able to put a limited number to him but our aim is to pick questions that best reflect the views and concerns expressed here. (And of course we're mindful and looking for planted questions from non-regular users - we're more able to filter those out than were it a live webchat format).

Obviously we can’t force the PM to give straight answers (and I don't pretend to be, nor see it as my place to be Jeremy Paxman) but we can put the kind of questions that he might not get asked in an everyday media interview, and give airtime to topics that might otherwise not get any.

Also bear in mind this thread is public - and it gives a good indication, I'd say, of the issues people care about and the strength of feelings held.

So please keep the questions coming and remember just one per user is the rule and we'll do our best to represent the spirit of thread faithfully.

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MichaelMumsnet · 30/05/2022 12:03

We'll be closing this thread at noon on Monday, so please do get your questions in before that - and watch this space to hear how the Prime Minister responds.

Thanks all, we're closing this thread now.

MNHQ

JuliaMumsnet · 01/06/2022 13:34

Hello - the video of the interview, which took place yesterday, is available here.

Watch this thread for updates

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