Politicians in the hot seat

QUESTION Time with (from left) Elwyn Watkins, Susan Nash (National Union of Students), chairman Andrew Blunt, MP Michael Meacher and organisers Haneef Rashid and Choudhury Imran

MOVE over David Dimbleby — students and staff at University Campus Oldham kept local politicians on their toes with their very own Question Time.

The general election debate was organised by the Students’ Union and attended by Labour’s Michael Meacher, MP for Oldham West and Royton.

The Liberal Democrats were represented by Elwyn Watkins, Liberal Democrat parliamentary spokesman for Oldham East and Saddleworth. The Conservative and Independent delegates unable to attend.

Staff and students were also able to register to vote.