Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, on Mumsnet for a webchat

[JustineMumsnet]

Do post your advance questions here.

Gordon,

I very much hope that I'll wake up to a Labour victory on Friday. Good luck!

Justine, please make sure he doesn't feed the trolls! (NotYetAMum )

Mr Brown, I think you're great and if there was any point you would certainly be getting my vote on Thursday but Grayling is my local MP so I will be lending my vote to the Lib Dems.

As a lone parent, studying part-time and working two days a week I have found it incredibly difficult to find an appropriate internship opportunity. Why, when I would be working for free, can MPs offer so little flexibility?

We have nothing approaching equality in the House of Commons and the lack of flexibility must play at part. Whilst I know you advocate rights to flexible working, surely you must start practicing them before you preach.

Is he on his way ?

You look pretty tired - do you, as a person, have the energy for another term?

Hello Gordon - wishing you well on Thursday

Oh hello! Keeping my fingers crossed for you on thursday!

Mr Brown,

Do you think that politicians have to justify themselves by enacting more and more legislation?

If so, do you think this is detrimental to this country's economy? And what would you do to stop it in the next parliament?

If not, could you please explain what benefit the thousands of new offences introduced by your party during the last 13 years have brought to the UK?

Thank you.

AuntieMaggie, just keep hitting refresh.

Gordon, what cuts will your Party really make in the Public Sector if your Party wins the election???

Surely the Public Sector needs money, not cuts.

How are our parents to be looked after?

How are we to be looked after when our day comes?? Our pensions will be worthless by then judging by the recent trends.

How are our children supposed to buy a home??

Why as a working lone parent am I struggling monthly to pay my bills?? Prices go up and up.

Why is public transport getting worse??

Why am I getting poorer and poorer every year??

GORDON: would you consider scrapping the early years foundation stage for childminders, foster carers do not have to do anywhere near as much paperwork as i a childminder have to. I feel it hinders my time as a childminder.

Why no pay freeze? people not in public sector are suffering pay freezes and redundancies...

Clam refresh sadly I think

Roma- lots of people here, lots of important wquestions, stop being so bossy

Gordon, as a feminist I feel very betrayed by Labour's record - apart from the horrendously low rape conviction rate, we are now living in an increasingly pornified society, in which sexism surrounds our little girls, it is considered ok for corporate entertainment to take place in lapdancing clubs and women still regularly get sacked from media jobs for not being young and pretty, despite the same qualification not being applied to men. The BBC produced a 'Glamour Model's Guide to Voting' for this election which is surely a new low! Most of this is not Labour's fault but it has happened on your watch.

What would your new government, if elected, do about this situation?

Would you freeze the pay of the upper levels/very highly paid in the public sector to perhaps enable the lower paid to get decent payrises?

Gordon,Primary Schools:None of my 4 local choices were available all oversubscribed.I have been offered another school ages away,no direct public transport so change for 2 buses. Would you bring in guaranteed catchment so child at least gets in local area?

by the way Gordon, I didn't blame you at all for bigotgate!

He was a few minutes late- that is fairly punctual isn't it?

Mr Brown- Good luck on Thursday. You seem like a decent person.

Too many creeps. Go Dave!

I think my system may crash lol nooooooo

May I just say Sir that I think you seem a Very Nice man. I hope you do well on Thursday.
Best wishes to you and your family.

Quattro - we've already had pay freezes and other benefits cut

Yes, please do go Dave - go a long, long way away...

And straight in - no messing about with niceties. Good.