An afternoon with David Lidington MP

I have just returned from an afternoon with David Lidington, MP for Aylesbury and Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary.  We started off at Heathlands Village in Prestwich where we met with Dr Simon Jenkins, Vice President, for a tour of the Home and met with residents and staff and I must thank Simon for his time taken this afternoon to show us round.  We then went on to King David High School to meet with over 60 Year 11, 12 and sixth form pupils for a talk by David and a Q&A session.  The questions were very challenging including ones of Sinn Fein, the Middle East crisis, Conservative policies and are we going to win the next election!  Thanks must go to the staff and Head Teacher for gathering everyone together and of course to all the pupils who came along.  David spent about 15 minutes after school talking to some of the pupils - I hope they didn’t miss their bus home.  Then off to Piccadilly Station where I decided to ’show off’ my knowledge of Manchester and take a short cut only to find the road was closed – oh well not everything can go according to plan!