News : Charles Kennedy in Sheffield today (27/4/05)

[nomme 10]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/vote_2005/england/4488347.stm

 

Charles Kennedy is visting Sheffield today (27/4/05).

 

He's going to go to Sheffield University Students Union and also Tapton School.

 

Watch out for the media circus!

 

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[Orson 10]

Blimey. Blunkett's due up to Tapton tomorrow. What next?

[noseyrosie 10]

Yup, shall be meeting him later. Anything you want me to ask?

 

Blunkett's coming here too? Are you sure? I'll get some purple flour at the ready...

[Andy78 10]

Originally posted by noseyrosie

Yup, shall be meeting him later. Anything you want me to ask?

 

Let us know how he comes across.

[foxy027 10]

Send him to the Exchange works student accom. They do a good job at pelting people with stuff!!

[noseyrosie 10]

Oh I have such stories...

 

Firstly, me and 3 other Y13s from our school were interviewed by ITN and were on the news tonight (did anyone see me?), talking about the Lib Dems and stuff.

 

Then Kennedy turned up and did a sort of question and answer session, and we'd all handed in written questions and they read out the names of people they wanted to ask him, and they read my name out, which I was shocked about, because my question was:

 

"On behalf of gingers in great britain, i would like to commend you on being a redhead and a politician. I agree with your ideas on tuition fees....."

 

:hihi: :hihi:

 

Everyone laughed and he started talking about the greatness of gingerness.

[petebarker 10]

Put a mark on your whiskey bottles then !

[carcrash 11]

That isn't a question is it? that is a glib platitude to make the ****** up one look good for the media. How many of the people in your year asked difficult questions and were not picked.

[noseyrosie 10]

Originally posted by carcrash

That isn't a question is it? that is a glib platitude to make the ****** up one look good for the media. How many of the people in your year asked difficult questions and were not picked.

 

Excuse me?! I did actually also ask a question about tuition fees and the proposed reversion to the grants system and possible funding for universities, but I thought I'd tell you the more interesting bit. Anyway I'll you know that I was the last person they asked out everyone else, who asked questions on items such as youth apathy, Iraq, more 6th form opportunities in Sheffield, PFI schemes and Liberal ideology, all of which would have been on my list but we were only allowed to ask one question each and what's wrong with a bit of humour on the campaign trail?

[petebarker 10]

Kennedy was in my town today too. He must have thought he was reet popular. There were thousands of people in the town centre. But alas, the throngs were there as ANTIQUES ROADSHOW was in the Town Hall (Rochdale).

[beansforyou 10]

I remember seeing Charles Kennedy last year, being filmed on Fargate, asking passers-by questions etc...must have looked wonderful on the news...

 

What people at home didn't see, was the large group of people he had with ihm, holding large boards up around him so no-one could approach him without his say-so, whilst a crew picked out some lovely old dear to talk to...

 

joy of Joys when some old guy threw a floppy sandwich at him

 

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