Yesterday I popped in to chat to pupils interested in politics, and law, as part of our efforts to speak to all of the schools in the area. I really like the sessions as the questions are always fascinating. We discussed everything from Ed Miliband to Ukip, immigration to the economy, cuts in military budgets to how we get young people motivated and interested in politics.
The best discussion was a 10 minute free flowing debate on the merits of local and regional banks. I hope I convinced them that we need banks in the community, run by locals and serving locals. We discussed at length the German Sparkassen model. Apologies on the first version I misspelt the school name! iPads and autocorrect....
