Policywonk, in a smart coat, LIVE FROM WESTMINSTER

[policywonk]

Hello and welcome

I've got my dongle working! Woohoo!

Today is a briefing day organised by the G20 Voice peeps.

Am networking like a wild thing. Oh look, there's Michelle O. 'Scuse me.

Politwonkbureau speech:

Comrades, I have been delegated by the Mumsnet cadres to attend as the representative of our beloved General Secretary Comrade Justine and help put an end to the spectacle (perpetrated by the opportunist running dogs of international captial) of croc-wearing/formula-feeding/disabled-bay-parking/ etc., etc.

It's extremely reassuring to 'see' you all. (There's a little moment of sincerity for you.)

Not rattled habb, just someone going ooooon and oooooon after we'd been told to hurry it along

850,000! And they all send their children to private schools (that one's for Swedes )

Hurrah. How exciting PW. (You have excellent eyebrows btw). Why football? Where are you all sitting? Are you in a room with your laptops like a press room, or is a big round table and is there competitive tagging going on? Who is In Charge?

I'm ridiculously excited about the whole thing. But do need to be able to visualize all please.

have you made your pitch yet? is everyone frantically typing while appearing to pay attention?

Oh how exciting.

Glad the dongle is less wonky.

habbibu I was trying the venomous nesting correspondent but got nowhere with it

ohh. ohh, tell them there are 850,000 of us and not one of us can survive on 100,000 per year

How fantastic!
Take a big breath PW, this is your moment and the collective wisdom of MN rests on your shoulders/...
no pressure then
and as 100x says,,, fab eyebrows

Monsterrat Nicolas is your girl. Try and sit next to her at lunch. And the blogger from China. Aren't they an interesting bunch of people? I think they are.

PLEASE to set the scene PW.

Is anyone watching it live? I'm at work, so don't want to put the sound on, but it's here, I think

Where are you, Pol???!!!

my muthafunkin laptop is too crap to show it...is it on bloomin sky anywhere...or is it all just sport and plastic surgery programmes?

Oh thank you Habb. I see where she is now.

PW can't talk to us she's got a slide show to watch, about what poverty is, then she'll tell us all about it. There's afternoon tea too I see.

They keep zooming in on bloggers...

Reckon this is just an internet feed, as it's not the G20 itself.

woohoo! [shakes pompoms]

Policywonk - according to Habbibu's link you are one of "50 of the world?s most interesting and influential bloggers" oooooooer get her!

I am waiting to see PW. Who is it with the lime green scarf? She was very vibrant, everyone else very composed in black and in glasses.

Is this Oxfam trying to influence the worlds most important 50 bloggers?

Am a bit worried that many of the world's most influential bloggers appear to be typing one-fingered.

Shurely as the internet's elite they ought to have mastered touch typing?

lol. They look a bit bored, I hope our PW isn't. I hope she's on the edge of her chair, listening hard, creasing down her blue coat and nodding a lot.

only 45 mins for lunch too - better station yourself near the buffet table PW.

What table are you on PW?