Politically, 2010 will be an exciting year. By 3 June at the latest, there will be a general election, which could have one of several outcomes: a fourth consecutive term for the Labour Party; the advent of the first Conservative government in 13 years; or a hung parliament, in which no political party has secured enough votes to win.
This year, live election debates will change the way in which the main political parties put across their policies. The leaders of Labour, the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats have all agreed to take part in three 90-minute live television debates during the election campaign. Prime Minister Gordon Brown will go head-to-head on important issues with the leader of the opposition, David Cameron, and Nick Clegg, leader of the Liberal Democrats, in front of a selected audience. How do young people feel about politics? Should young people be given the chance to question the party leaders as part of these live debates? If they were responsible for putting questions to each leader, what would they ask?
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