I was delighted to take part in the Shinewater primary school General Election. The teachers are organising an election project for the pupils, with me and my Tory and Liberal Democrat opponents each taking over an assembly. The idea is that if you can get 8-11 year-olds interested in voting and politics, they will be ready to be active citizens when they hit 16. We discussed how important voting is, and that so many people around the world want the vote but don’t have it. It was a great morning, with great staff and switched-on pupils.
