The Careers Fair will be seen as a success, attendance was good although the range of stalls was somewhat limited. I was pleasantly surprised to see Arsenal Football in the Community represented. They kindly gave me a publication highlighting their work over the past 25 years. I assume that most people would think that the priority is football coaching, but the scheme offers so much more to young people in some disadvantaged parts of London.
As I walked round the Careers Fair I realised that I still have an aversion to seeing the armed forces at these events. privately I have swerved inviting the forces into school over the last 15 years, mailings have been conveniently binned or recycled. Perhaps it's a hangover from my own background, but somehow I sense it is also rooted in my distaste for armed conflict. I understand that there is a need to defend the country, but coming from Britain the military in my lifetime haven't simply been used as a last resort, and that has led me to shun them.
Onto the 3rd debate, more of the same. The styles had been set, the presentation was more professional from the BBC. The hall at the University of Birmingham was an impressive backdrop. Cameron looked as if he'd escaped from Madame Tussards , he had a strange sheen !
Clegg sounded like a one trick pony a couple of times, and Brown's insistence on quoting statistics doesn't cut it. Apparently the papers called it a tie between Cameron and Clegg with Brown trailing. Adrian Ramsay was given 20 seconds on the news, and barely had time to make a case on the economy.
One wonders to what extent the electorate have been swayed by these debates; it will certainly be an interesting topic for political scientists in the months ahead.
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