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Name: Lucy Spurrell
Status: MYP
Constituency: Trafford

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Which political issues are you most passionate about?

Hundreds! But ones that affect human rights in particular. I'm really passionately against ID cards, the incitement of religious hatred act and ASBOs.

What do you feel is the biggest issue for young people in your constituency?

One big problem is that young people have nothing to do. Also what there is to do can cost a lot of money and it can also be expensive to get there in the first place.

What do you hope to achieve during your term of office?

Well, aside from a total revolution, I'm aiming to get a kind of transport card and publicise the UK Youth Parliament. I also want our voices heard on things like ASBOs.

What is your future career ambition?

I am, as yet, undecided. I suspect I'll end up in medicine but even if I do I think I'll run as a politician someday (maybe the first Monster Raving Loony MP?) and after that, who knows?

Which public figure do you most admire and why?

This is hard, because I've never had a specific person or idol, it's more just qualities. I admire the message behind the movement Bob Geldof started, but I can't help but feel it fizzled out. I admire Rowan Atkinson because he's a great comedian yet gets involved in politics, incidentally with views similar to mine, but I don't admire everything about him either.

If there was one message you could send to the government, what would it be?

It would be to get some common sense! Most of the things I object to are things that could easily be resolved if they used a little common sense and stopped being so determined to not step on anyone's toes by stepping on everyone's!

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