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By Anna Moloney Since 2010, Mumsnet has been recognised as a political force in its own right, and the release of its own manifesto this year takes things a step further. Anna Moloney looks at why the site is so powerful – and how its drift to the left reflects a broader gendered gap in politics In 2010, then-Prime Minister Gordon Brown hailed Mumsnet, the online HQ for all things yummy mummy, as “a great British institution”. Brimming with breast pump reviews, ovulation calculators and its infamous acronyms (AIBU = am I being unreasonable; DD = dear daughter), it seems unlikely Mr Brown was a…