Voter tests parties on fuel duty in debate
You may have noticed that I do like challenging politicians by asking them tricky questions.
But sometimes it is nice to sit back and watch someone else do it.
I had that experience on a couple of occasions on Sunday in the final pre-election Politics Show debate.
It's available on the Ö÷²¥´óÐã iPlayer still, our subject, the economy and jobs.
And our panel of politicians were given a tough time by a couple of our invited voters.
Steve Sinclair saw his motor repair business ruined by the Recession. He's now out of work, and wanted to know what the candidates could do to help.
But he wasn't shy of challenging their answers.
And even less reticent was young businessman Tony Earnshaw.
In his mid-20s, he's already running a successful commercial cleaning business in the North East.
The politicians should have been forewarned though that this was a confident young man, as he'd already appeared on the Ö÷²¥´óÐã's Dragons Den.
His major concern was fuel prices, and he came brandishing his petrol and diesel bills, with the latest one £1,000 higher than the one from three months earlier.
It's well worth watching him push the politicians for answers.
And there's plenty of other interesting stuff in there, from a graduate struggling to find a permanent job to an apprentice trainer, worried about the parties' commitment to helping young people into work.
I'm Richard Moss, the Ö÷²¥´óÐã's Political Editor for the North East and Cumbria. Welcome to my irreverent - but hopefully insightful - northern take on reporting politics for Look North and the Politics Show.
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