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More than 1000 schools from across the UK have entered a team for the 2011 Times Spelling Bee and Christ the King College from Newport, Isle of Wight, have won their local heat at Southampton Cineworld on Monday 14 March. The team competed against eight teams from local schools.

The Christ the King College team consisted of three players and a reserve – Jacob Lewis (11), Saskia Robertson (12), Lily Ridge (12) with Rachel Thornton (12) as a reserve.

Sarah Bland, teacher from Christ the King College said: “Fantastic that a school from the Isle of Wight can compete against schools from the mainland – and we won! They were a credit to the college.”

Jacob Lewis, pupil, said: “It was really good fun, I really enjoyed it and we did so well!”

In second place was Jersey College for Girls, from Saint Saviour, Jersey with Hampshire Collegiate, from Romsey, Hampshire coming third.

The last player standing was also Lily Ridge from Christ the King College!

Christ the King College will go forward to The Times Spelling Bee Semi-Finals in May. The eleven winning teams from the Semi-Finalswill then travel to London to compete in the Grand Final at IndigO2 in the O2 Arena on Thursday 23 June.

The Times Spelling Bee aims to discover the country’s best young spellers and make spelling fun for children of all abilities.

The Times is a committed supporter of standards of English and a respected commentator on educational matters. The Times Spelling Bee is one of a series of nationwide initiatives to help inspire children and support teachers and the local championships started in Cineworld cinemas on Monday 14 March

For more information visit www.timesspellingbee.co.uk

LOTS OF SMILING happy students foretold a fantastic array of A Level results for Medina High School students last week.

The average point score for the school had increased and results in the arts had been especially good. The school offers specialism in the arts and Art, Photography, Dance, Music and Music Technology all posted a 100 per cent pass rate.

“Our more traditional subjects of Maths, Geography and History have been successful yet again, also producing 100 per cent and there have been significant improvements in Science,” said Acting Headteacher, Ms Grainne Andrews.

“Individual students have returned some outstanding results and that means that they can now access their university of choice,” she added.

Head Girl Gemma Read was extremely pleased with her three A grade A levels – she will now be reading biochemistry at Imperial College, London.

“I would also like to take this opportunity to congratulate the students at Carisbrooke High School who have achieved some outstanding results,” added Ms Andrews.

“I am looking forward to working with Carisbrooke, our partner school in the Island Innovation Trust so we can continue to develop and improve on sixth form provision for all of our young people on the Island.”

CARISBROOKE HIGH SCHOOL students achieved the best ever A level results for the school this year with 71 per cent passes between A* and C, 98 per cent passes between A* and E and 17 per cent passes at A* and A.

Carisbrooke Students were awarded 10A* grades, mainly in Maths and Science based subjects.

Twenty seven subjects had a 100% pass rate at A*- E and 11 had a 100% pass rate at A*- C

Some of their best performing students were:

Tom Hoare: 3A* & 1A off to Oxford

Faith Norster: 2A* & 1A off to Oxford

Joanna Vivian: 2A* & 2A off to Durham

Ryan Munns: 1A* & 2A off to Exeter

Abbie Ford: 1A* & 2A studying Medicine

Jose Collins: 1A* & 2B off to Southampton

Lucy Edwards: 3A & 1B off to Bath

Carys Austin, Head of Sixth Form said: “We are delighted with these results. This is the fourth year now where we have seen improvement at A level and we would like to congratulate all of our students for their hard work, dedication and commitment.”

David Jeapes, Head teacher, said: “I would like to congratulate all of our students on achieving these record breaking results. Almost 1 in 5 of the grades at Carisbrooke are either at A* or A grade, which reflected the ethos of the students and the school. In spite of the issues surrounding the availability of university places around the country; the vast majority of our students have secured their first choice placement.”

EVEN THOUGH Cowes Week was again unable to unveil a main sponsor, this year’s regatta proved a huge success.

Now plans are already underway for next year’s Cowes Week, a event that began 184 years ago, and will be held in 2011 from August 6 to 13.

Cowes Week 2010 proved a thrilling event with exciting racing for the 896 entries and around 8,000 sailors who were competing.

The largest class racing at the regatta was the XOD fleet with 88 boats battling for honours. That made victory all the sweeter for the winning boat, Catherine, who not only won her class but also took the glory as the overall winner of the White Group.

The youngest skipper to race at Cowes Week this year was 14-year-old Fred Warren-Smith who enjoyed a cracking Cowes Week winning the Squib class in Aquabat and also taking the 2010 Young Skippers Trophy.

The 1851 Cup saw some exciting match racing between the British America’s Cup sailing team and current America’s Cup holders BMW Oracle Racing. The competition included a race clockwise around the Island following the original historic course of the America’s Cup in 1851. While Ben Ainslie and his crew on TeamOrigin lost out on the race around the Island, the team came up trumps overall to win the Royal Thames Yacht Club’s Trafalgar Cup.

Having narrowly missed out on the overall Black Group Trophy in 2009, Neville Upton racing in the Sunsail fleet with The Listening Company was back to better this performance with an overall victory; this goal was successfully achieved with a Sunsail class win topped by the winning of the Overall Black Group Trophy.

The newest class the Longtze class which competed in Cowes Week as part of its European circuit. The class included a number of European boats to the world’s best-known sailing regatta and it is hotly tipped to be a growing addition to Cowes Week in the next few years.

Cowes Week was delighted to play host to a number of championship events this year, with the Tacktick Suunto Sigma 33 Class championship,won by Whippa Snappa, and the J/92 national championship, won by Just in Time.

The week set off to an exhilarating start with the Extreme 40s racing in the second leg of the Extreme Sailing Series. Paul Campbell-James, the youngest skipper in the Series, on The Wave, Muscat secured his first win in the event.

A fleet of six Simon Rogers-designed Artemis 20 keelboats, helmed by qualified UKSA skippers and crewed by novice sailors from a mixed background of disability and disadvantage competed for the Artemis Even Keel Challenge Trophy. In first place was Craig Rose, from the Island, who won alongside Rob Greenhalgh, offshore yachtsman and veteran of the Volvo Ocean Race and the Extreme Sailing Series.

The fourth Artemis Challenge was a battle for £10,000 awarded to the winning skipper to donate to their chosen charity. The event was held as a pro/celeb race with Zara Phillips, Amy Williams, Martin Bayfield, and the Phelps twins all taking part.

The winning skipper, Mike Golding, and his team donated the prize money to the RNLI; the official charity of Cowes Week.

The Ladies Day Trophy was awarded to Louise Morton, an accomplished local sailor who has spent the past five years reviving the Quarter Ton class and is a great advocate for Cowes, Cowes Week and women’s sailing.

There was a breathtaking display from The Royal Artillery Parachute Display Team, the Black Knights, who jumped from a helicopter hovering over the Solent and glided down in a stunning formation proudly flying the Union Jack before dropping into the water just off Cowes Parade.

The poor weather near the end of the regatta forced the cancellation of the Red Arrows display but did not stop the spectacular fireworks display bringing Cowes week to a glittering finale.

(With assistance from cowesweek.co.uk and cowes online)

THE ISLANDERS turned in a brave and battling performance against the Buxton Hitmen before going down 51-41.

The first heat saw Nick Simmons hold on for a victory with Smethills taking third after being passed by the Hitmen’s Guest Tony Atkin on lap three for a 2-4 lead.

The scores were soon level after Tom Hill bit the dust and was excluded, but Dean Felton on one of his old stamping grounds was stalked for the whole race and eventually passed by the spectacular Garrity.

A tough turn and dive by Garrity in heat three saw Johnson bit the dust and be excluded and the home side took a comfortable 5-1 and the lead in the re-run. Hill won heat four but Felton ran last in a shared heat. The scores were level after heat five when Simmons and Smethills took the spoils.

Johnson, not having the best of afternoons, fell and was excluded from heat six and the home side took full advantage to strike a 5-1 and regain the lead. Smethills and Felton kept the fast starting Adam Allott in last place but home star Garrity won with ease after powering under Smethills.

The lead went to ten with a 5-1 in heat 9 as the home side began to take control. But Johnson who had three lasts up to this point won a re-run heat ten after the two home riders had tangled, with Warwick third the gap was back down to eight at 34-26.

Simmons suffered his first defeat in heat eleven and once again the gap was ten at 38-28. When the Hitmen hit a comfortable 5-1 in heat 12 the result was almost cast in stone.

Simmons came in for a tactical ride in heat 13 which he duly won for 6 points but Hill was again a faller and the 3-6 meant the Islanders were 46-35 down with just two heats remaining. Johnson then won the penultimate heat with Hill once again falling and being excluded, but home rider Dalloway also fell and despite remounting on his machine was also excluded much to the dismay of the crowd.

Simmons duly completed a great personal performance taking the final heat for an excellent 17 point haul, but with Johnson this time having to follow home the two home riders a 3-3 final heat gave the final score of 51-41.

VENTNOR were decisively beaten by 115 runs by Southern League Premier Division leaders Bournemouth at Chapel Gate.

The Dorset team batted first and were pegged back by Sean Nowak and Charlie Freeston who both impressed with the new ball as Nick Park’s side struggled to 72-3. When Roger Miller trapped Simon Ridley leg before on the stroke of lunch, Ventnor would have been happy with their morning’s work in restricting the table toppers to 126-4 from 36 overs.

David Beven’s impressive post lunch three wicket spell gave the Islanders further cause for optimism with Bournemouth eight down for 186. Not for first time this season, however, Freeston’s side were thwarted by a lower order partnership which added 58 for the ninth wicket as Park (56 not out) and Tom Wainwright (27 not out) led their side to 244-8 from 64 overs.

Ventnor’s hopes of a decent start were shattered within the opening overs as Matt Metcalfe, the League’s leading wicket taker, accounted for Mark Fletcher and Richard Wilson with only 23 runs on the board.

As the innings folded disappointingly, only Neil Westhorpe (37) and Rob Snell (36 not out) offered resistance as the visitors slipped to 129 all out in only 43 overs.

Ventnor face fellow stru- gglers St Cross Symondians at Newclose tomorrow (July 31) as the season enters a crucial phase. Their encounter with Lawrie Prittipaul’s side represents the eighth and final match in the time game format before the league reverts to the 50 over version for the remaining four weeks of the season.

Ventnor II took another step towards the Hampshire League Division 3 title with a narrow 13 run win over Old Tauntonians and Romsey at the Sports Centre.

On a pitch where batting was never straight forward, the Islanders were given a solid start by James Cheek (27) and Ben Woodhouse who went on to hit a crucial half century. The visitors failed to capitalise on that solid base, however, and slipped from 143-5 to 185 all out inside 42 overs, Henry Bartlett contributing 23.

The home side’s positive response saw them reach 57 without loss before Bartlett got to work. The young Ventnor all-rounder took 4-25 from an excellent ten over stint to reduce to hosts to 104-5 as the Islanders seized the initiative. As O T’s fought back, Mark Woodhouse’s team were made to work for their twelfth successive win before Darren Taylor (3-42) helped clinch victory in the final over.

Chasing a large Newport total of 260 in the Harwood’s League, a poor batting performance saw Ventnor’s third team dismissed for only 68.

ISLAND SCHOOLS will be urged to introduce more Olympic sports to their curriculum ahead of the 2012 London Olympics.

The Games are now just two years away, and schools on the Island and the mainland should now be given the opportunity to get as involved as they can, according to a survey conducted by the British Judo Association, the sport’s National Governing Body in Britain.

Of the schools currently staging judo 88.2 per cent believe the 2012 Olympics will make schools more receptive to introducing non-traditional school sports, such as judo, on to the curriculum. This would see the Association’s school-specific programmes delivered to new audiences at a grassroots level.

Schools currently host the sport through the Association’s Enjoy Judo programme which sees British Judo coaches deliver school tailored classes through breakfast clubs, curricular activity, dinner time and after school classes.

School’s also work in conjunction with British Judo’s School 2 Dojo programme, supported by Sport England, which seeks to give school children additional access to five hours of sport a week through a combination of community and curriculum activity. The programme establishes strong ties between schools and a local judo club which provides an outlet for pupils, who have been equipped with the fundamentals, to practice the sport to a higher level. In May it reached the milestone of linking 500 schools with neighbouring judo clubs.

Scott McCarthy, the British Judo Association’s Chief Executive Officer, believes the survey illustrates how well the sport can be implemented across different platforms.

This is a resounding endorsement of something that we’d expect,” he said. “Judo is a phenomenal sport that has the ability to deliver across a range of platforms. The Olympic Games provide the profile that is usually missing. We believe our programme delivery will be greatly enhanced by the Games and obviously our key stakeholders agree.”

Daniel Griffin, British Judo’s Children and Young People Development Manager, believes the results bode well. He said: “These results are very encouraging. We’re delighted to see that schools are more receptive to hosting Olympic sports and by promoting schemes such as School 2 Dojo we can then take pupils into community clubs to participate or volunteer in all areas of the sport. The spectacle of the 2012 Olympics will inspire more people to take up judo and our programmes will be the foundation of delivering the sport to them.”

Additionally, the survey revealed that more than half of the schools staging the sport believe the main benefit (51%) was offering a different sporting activity for pupils, while nearly a quarter (22.5%) said it achieved increased discipline amongst the pupils.

Mark Chiverton with Swanmore pupils

MARK CHIVERTON, Jill Wareham and Andrew Turner all visited Swanmore Middle School on Friday May 14 and Monday May 17 writes:Shona Parnell and Poppy Jones.

Andrew Turner was the winning MP with 32,810 votes. He talked to us about how he got into becoming a part of politics, also what he is going to do and change. He said he wanted to keep nuclear weapons, but Jill Wareham disagreed with it.

Jill Wareham was the only lady running for MP on the Isle of Wight, she did not win, but she had a staggering vote of 22,283. Jill Wareham would have preferred to work with the Labour party, she had a lot of good ideas and she was very straightforward about what she wanted! She stated that she didn’t think there was any difference between the two-tier and three-tier school system.

Mark Chiverton visited our school on Monday the May 17. Sadly he came third with 8,163 votes, but at least he had the courage to go for it. He also had really good ideas to keep school systems as they are, promote ‘green’ issues, talk to hospital staff, care workers and teachers. Also about attracting industries to the Island and adequate funding for education. There were loads of great questions from classes 7A and 7C who listened well. After the talks on Friday we had an assembly for the whole of year 7 which had Jill Wareham and Andrew Turner in.

We think that these three people are very good at their jobs. They all gave great speeches and it was very interesting. We interviewed Eli Hudson and asked him how he thought the speeches went. He said “ It was very boring and I don’t like politics.”

We interviewed Michael Foulkes though and he said “They were very interesting and gave me a lot of information on politics!”

Andrew Turner MP with Swanmore children

Last Friday, three election candidates descended on Swanmore Middle School. Andrew Turner a Conservative, Jill Wareham a Liberal Democrat and Mark Chiverton who was running for Labour.

We asked them a few questions, and we got very good answers. Jill Wareham came to 7/B first, here are her questions and answers:

Jill Wareham was asked: “Did you feel sad when you lost?”

Jill Wareham said: “Yes! Because I would liked to be PM or even Deputy PM”

Jill Wareham other question was: “Do you think David Cameron will do a good job?”

Jill Warehams last question was: “Yes! Because he’s got a chance to change the welfare of the country.”

After Jill Wareham left Andrew Turner the Islands MP came in. In the election Andrew got just over 32,000 votes.

Andrew Turner was asked: “Are you pleased that you got most of the Islands votes?”

Andrew said: “Yes I am, because we got over 32,000 votes.”

Andrew’s other question was: “Are you happy the you won the election?”

Andrews answer was: “Certainly, there’s no question to it.”

Sadly, Mark Chiverton couldn’t make it on Friday May 14 so he came Monday May 17, but we didn’t get any questions off of him.

Swanmore Middle School had an assembly with Andrew and Jill. At the end before Jill and Andrew went Callum had to stand up and do a speech (he really embarrassed himself).

To sum up, it went really well and we had a great time learning about the candidates and how the election works.

So a big thank you from Swanmore Middle School and the people who helped organise it, thank you.

MP visits Swanmore

WHEN ANDREW TURNER, Jill Wareham and Mark Chiverton came to Swanmore Middle School they were loaded with questions that Swanmore children had written writes Seren and Ria.

The lucky Swanmore pupils had the privilege to be able to talk to the Conservative, Liberal Democrats and Labour prospective MPs for the Island. Their heads were overloaded with information!

When Jill Wareham entered the room and started talking the children immediately started writing new questions and answers on their paper eager to learn more about politics. Jill Wareham said “I am a bit disappointed but glad I’m not the MP because the MPs job would come with a lot of responsibilities and I would not be able to cope!”

Andrew Turner entered the room excitable and enthusiastic to get started. First he told the children about how he became interested in politics and how he has always believed in himself. After that the children asked him lots of questions which he answered truthfully to all of them.

Mark Chiverton came in front of all the year 7 children, He seemed eager to get started and they kept on going with their questions. He was always enthusiastic answering all the questions and always told the children the important information.

Swanmore said a big thank you and we hope they all enjoyed it. They did a small assembly for the year 7 children, and they all enjoyed it. It was a great day and a big success.

Jill Wareham

TWO POLITICIANS, Andrew Turner, Conservatives, and Jill Wareham, Liberal Democrats, entered Swanmore Middle School to speak to the pupils in year 7.

They told us about themselves, and they had very interesting lives. Then the students asked questions about their jobs, what their lives are like and much more. They answered the questions as they would in an election.

Next there was a fiery argument about the voting system during the year seven assembly. Then Callum stood up and gave a speech: “I hope you enjoyed your visit and remember Swanmore Middle School.

Andrew Turner MP with Swanmore children

ON FRIDAY May 14 2010 we met the candidates to be MPs of the IW, Jill Wareham, Andrew turner, and Mark Chiverton writes Conner Freeston.

We met Jill Wareham first the candidate for the Liberal Democrats. We asked her some challenging questions about her job. But she will not be running in the election next time because she thinks someone younger should take her place.

After we met Jill Wareham we met Andrew Turner, the MP for the Conservatives. He was voted in as the new MP for the Island. We asked him some questions about how he feels about being the new MP for the Island. He was pleased with all the votes he got from the voters on the Island.

The final candidate for MP we met was Mark Chiverton for Labour. He was disappointed that he did not win the job of the MP for the Island. We asked him if he likes his job and he said he likes it and said it was challenging.

Finally we went to an assembly and asked more questions. Then there was some arguing about the voting system. Jill Wareham said this is for the children. At the end of the assembly Callum said thank you for coming.

I am happy that the Conservatives won the election and are in government with the Liberal Democrats.

MP visits Swanmore

ON FRIDAY May 14 Andrew Turner the (Conservative MP) for the Island and Jill Wareham (Liberal Democrats), had a fiery discussion over the Islands welfare in the middle of a year 7 assembly writes Callum Piper and Alfie Pearce.

At the end of the school day the year 7s only, were called to the dining room to see what the two MP’s had to say when we asked questions.

When all of a sudden, a raging debate kicked off between Andrew Turner and Jill Wareham about the Islands welfare and an unfair voting system. When time ran out Callum Piper put an end to the assembly by saying to the two candidates “On behalf of Swanmore middle school I would like to thank you all for coming here today.”

Our personal opinion is that there should be a fairer voting system.

Mark Chiverton with Swanmore pupils

ON FRIDAY May 14 at Swanmore Middle, two candidates came in to talk to year 7 and answer some challenging questions. These candidates were Jill Wareham and the Island MP Andrew Turner writes Jake Aldric, Kaylon Downer and Luke Tyers.

Firstly they gave year 7 a speech about politics and then answered the questions from the children afterwards. These are some of the questions they asked. Firstly Dan’s question “Were you devastated when you lost the election?” Jill Wareham replied “Yes, I only entered the election to win!” Shannon asked “Will you be in the election again?”, “No because I will be too old when the next election happens.”

Later that day there was an assembly. Both candidates attended this. During this assembly there was a furious argument when Jill Wareham disagreed with Andrew Turner.

That day for year seven was a magnificent one!

Swanmore pupils with Jill Wareham

MARK CHIVERTON, Jill Wareham and successful candidate, Andrew Turner, came in to Swanmore Middle School in Ryde on Friday May 14. They volunteered to explain to us about the election and their jobs writes Ruby Simon.

Jill Wareham was the first person to talk to us about her job. She thinks David Cameron will be a good Prime Minister to lead the country and do well.

Mark Chiverton has been a prospective MP for 9 years and he stood for the IW seat in 2005 and 2010. His Labour colour is red. He wants more green jobs on the Island and believes it should be a centre for promoting green issues. He’s been into politics for over 30 years.

Andrew Turner, the third and final candidate for MP, started parliament in 2001. He moved to the Island for 6 weeks then there was an election. He said “David Cameron should be the Prime Minister for about 5 years”. He is pleased that he got 32,000 votes from the IW.

At 12 years old, he voted for the Conservative party and has ever since. He was very pleased to win. Andrew hopes to cut taxes so jobs will continue to be created.

I think that the election is an interesting big fight in England.

Andrew Turner MP

LAST Friday (May 14) Swanmore Middle School had a great talk from the Islands three main party candidates, Jill Wareham, Mark Chiverton and Andrew Turner writes Caitlin Smith & Maeghan Craig.

The pupils in year 7 learned all about what it was like to be a politician and what sort of things they got up to.

The pupils were very excited about the talk and took lots of pictures with the candidates. Jill Wareham, the Liberal Democrat candidate, talked all about nuclear weapons and how she wanted to stop using them, the two-tier system and all about working with Nick Clegg.

Jill also said “I would probably rather work with Labour then the Conservatives.”

Andrew Turner, the Conser-vative party MP, and the winner of the election also talked about the school changes and said “I think the schooling system would work either way.”

He talked about the fact that he wanted to improve poorer schools, that he wanted the voting system to change, and that he was in favour of nuclear weapons.

Mark Chiverton, the Labour candidate, talked about how he wanted to promote green issues and talked about how he wanted to attract industries to the Isle of Wight.

We spoke to Rachel Lawrence and she said “I found it was a very interesting day and I learnt quite a bit about politics. However, I found it quite hard and complicated to understand.”

Overall we think it was a very interesting and exciting day and we all appreciate the time the time Jill Wareham, Andrew Turner and Mark Chiverton gave up to come and speak to us and a big thank you to Miss Snook for organising it.

Andrew Turner MP

CONGRATULATIONS to the Conservatives for winning the Island election writes Michael Foulkes and Stuart Jones.

Mark Chiverton (Labour) said that he would keep the school system as it is, where as the Liberal Democrats would prefer it if the Island would change the school system.

Andrew Turner has the final say and he said that he doesn’t mind if the three tier system changed. The Conservatives had 32,810 votes and the Liberal Democrats were behind on 22,283. Labour didn’t have a great year for votes with an unfortunate 8,163 votes. Andrew Turner would like the voting system changed!

Jill Wareham

MARK CHIVERTON is the Isle of Wight representative for Labour, he got 8,163 votes, but it wasn’t enough to beat his rivals Jill Wareham and Andrew Turner. Andrew Turner beat Jill by only 10,527 votes writes Jasmine Taylor and Omi Lane.

On May 14, these three competitors visited Swanmore Middle School and spoke their views on the election. The first to visit was Andrew Turner, who told us his ideas for the Island. Some of his ideas included wanting to help poorer schools instead of making the good schools better. He was in favour of nuclear weapons. He sounded dedicated to his job and spoke to us quite informatively.

Jill Wareham had a very different opinion as she talked to us later on that day. She was not in favour of nuclear weapons and didn’t think there was any difference between having a two tier or a three tier school system, as they both work as well as each other. Also, she told us that she’d rather have been in Labour than the Conservatives if she had the choice.

On Monday May 17, Mark Chiverton came to talk to us. He talked with us with great respect and an informal tone to his voice. He explained that he would like to promote ‘green’ issues and would give adequate funding for education. Mark wanted to keep the school system as it is because he thinks it’s best as it is and thinks its not worth the hassle and money to change the schools. But he did not just tell us about ideas, but also what its like to be in parliament; he said its really loud and much like a classroom, there is lots of shouting going on at the same time and is sometimes very confusing!

Our school is probably the only school on the Isle of Wight that can say that we have been visited by these great people. So we are really lucky and have had an inside view of their stories. As you probably know Conservatives did win the election but did not get enough seats to do it alone so David Cameron asked the Lib Dems to join them in parliament. There’s going to be a better future for all of us with these great leaders, but do you have a different opinion?

Mark Chiverton with Swanmore pupils

ON FRIDAY May 14 Swanmore had an amazing opportunity to meet three different candidates running for MP on the Island writes Demi-Lee Perkis.

These candidates were Andrew Turner, Jill Wareham and Mark Chiverton who volunteered to come into Swanmore and talk to us about the election.

Andrew Turner, the current MP, who started in parliament in 2001 and is a Conservative, is quite happy with David Cameron being Prime Minister and very much hopes to cut taxes so jobs can continue to be created.

Jill Wareham, a candidate that was running for the roll of MP, who is a Liberal Democrat, said she was sad not to be elected as MP, she thinks there should be younger candidates running for that position.

Mark Chiverton, another candidate running for MP, who is a part of the Labour party, says he is privileged to have the opportunity to build on last times excellent result.

Near the end of the day, we had an assembly, Jill Wareham and Andrew Turner were there.

There was a bit of an argument about different opinions on the election and how things are going to change. After a long while and an interesting debate, their visit came to a close.

My opinion is that the talk was very interesting and the election was fascinating to find out more about

Island MP Andrew Turner

SWANMORE had a fantastic opportunity on Friday May 14. We got to meet Andrew Turner (the new MP for the Island) as well as Jill Wareham and Mark Chiverton (the other two candidates) writes Eleni Dove.

The three candidates had a fiery head-to-head debate. Jill Wareham (Liberal Democrats) is a 59 year old and has been interested in politics since she was 18 years old. We spoke to her first. We asked her ‘do you like your job?’ She replied in a soft voice “I love my job, but it is hard work, you have to be thick skinned.” Jill also said “we need more young people in politics.” We asked Mark Chiverton if he was sad that he didn’t become MP for the Island, he said “I am sad not to be the MP” Finally we spoke to the new MP for the Island, we asked “Would you have liked to be Prime Minister.” He replied in a cheerful voice “No, because it is too big a responsibility.” I didn’t really know anything about the election until they came in. I was surprised that politics wasn’t as boring as it seems. All the candidates were trying their hardest to help the Island, and then in assembly they had an argumentative debate about some of the political issues.

But can politicians be trusted?