Many thanks are due to the students and teachers of Gordano School in Portishead, where I was given the chance to debate and answer questions put by the students on Tuesday. The level of the questions asked, which ranged from Afghanistan to the economy and student debt, was very high and the future of these students is bright if they can keep up this level of questioning, enquiry and analysis. It looks like there could be some budding politicians as well!

I was at Gordano School along with Stephen Perry Hearn, the Labour candidate who has recently been appointed. Stephen is a great guy, but as I said on the day, there is a real chance at the coming General Election that the Tories can be defeated in North Somerset for the first time since the 1920’s. However for this to happen, the left of centre needs to unite. If the question then is, 'under which banner'? Then the answer has to be the Liberal Democrats, who have come second in five out of the last six General Elections in this constituency.

To use Benjamin Francolin’s analogy of the divided snake, “United we stand, divided we fall".

So Beat the Blues and Go for Gold with the Lib Dems!