So, MNHQ, bedecked in LKBennett (and Boden for the plebs) are all out stuffing pizza and Bolly, half of the posters and hangers-on are there too: what mischief shall we get up to while they're away?

[WilfSell]

Because I bet they've just left BigTech in charge. Or he/she'll be checking in every once in a while, a bit pished and lairy.

So we can DO. WHAT. WE. LIKE. while the Leaders party.

tiktok
hunker
mars
lulumama
flowerybeanbag
mamag
mrsbadger

ALL deserved an invitation for services to MN

yes, VERY rude to uninvite somebody

maybe they have outgrown their boots.

maybe they have Q, maybe they have

thing is mamag, everyone's list would be different wouldn't it?

why am i defending this [thunks self on head]

So mean to uninvite someone. Especially when people like Johnnie Boden and Annabel karmel (who let's face it, haven't contributed a huge amount to MN over the years) were there.

oh yes

but joking aside - boco for the pics, tiktok & hunker for the HOURS they spend on bf threads, lulu amd mars ditto childbirth/pg stuff etcetc

Sure, but people who have actually done work, given their time, not "just" be helpful when posting.

(We ALL are that of course )

And (per Beetroot) was PPH there? I wish I could stop being so nosey.

lapin
soapbox
St G
mears

well I'm sure that i wouldn't be moaning if I'd been there in all my finery quaffing champagne and saying "aren't I special"!

Am I alone in thinking how odd it was not to have a single non-white face in the room?
It made me feel that mn is perhaps not quite so diverse and representative of the wider population as we think it is.

Soapbox - Christmas appeal

It's not subjective though is it? The blatantly obvious were missed out an imho that sucks.

I'm going to shut up now before Justine de-regs me or outs my current alter-ego anme chnage

I think it is important to recognise that important and influential people are more important to mnhq than mumsnetters. Who would give a toss about a party with only mumsnetters? The medja for sure would not be interested. So there would not be a chance to make money out of that party long term. It was a PR exercise not a birthday celebration.

But realistically, what is the actual cost of an additional 5-10 people in a party? Really?

MamaG, I am sure nobody would be deregged from given their honest opinion, free speach and democracy, right?

I am too old and jaded to care whether I am banned.

women women there is NO WAY you would ever be banned from MN for criticising it!

this ain't moldies you know! (couldn't resist emoticon)

But Lapin, soapbox and StG (don't know about mears) aren't on MN any more are they, so why should they have been invited?

I think it's incredibly difficult for MN - they were always going to offend someone by not inviting them.

(Although agree the 'disinviting' of sophable was a silly mistake).

And MN is a business - you have to look at the bigger picture in terms of the role of the party.

It would have been lovely to have a MN party where we could all have been invited, but that's hardly feasible, is it?

Was Misdee there? I bloody hope she was invited since Peter's name was used as an example of mn moments in the paper the other week. I assume she must have been.

MamaG, I think we'd all guessed your namechange

It was inevitable that they would invite some of their favourites, I am sure some of the more longstanding MNers are personal friends of J and C. It's their party etc etc. But "uninviting" someone is just shocking behaviour.

you'd need hyde park BIWI!

lol

i was just kidding

hence teh bit about my alter ego name change

CaptainNancy, really?

Well, you can quite understand why no overseas posters were invited.

eithbomh are you sERIOUS
do you know its me?

tell me firs tletter

...and I realise that I posted that as someone who was at the party. But I was a guest of a competition winner. I made no other valuable contribution, beyond my superlative personality .

Not.

Lol MamaG I am thinking I won't win any MN competitions in the near future.