It's lunchtime at Clarendon House School in Ramsgate, Kent, and students are crowding into a classroom and spilling into the narrow corridor in the social sciences building. Younger children peer around the door, while sixth formers - some of them candidates in the school's mock election - sit on the desks. The students here have volunteered to come along and talk about the election, so are clued up about politics. However, while a room full of school children - aka tomorrow's voters - all eager to talk about politics might seem like a politician's dream, if one dropped by they'd be in for a shock.
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