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# Candidates welcome ‘challenging’ questions from students
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/candidates-welcome-challenging-questions-from-students/
- Published: 2015-04-20T18:37:23.000Z
- Updated: 2015-04-20T18:42:21.000Z
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: GE2015, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 20:42, News

Young people who attended a hustings event have been praised for their “challenging” questions.

[![Students at the hustings event. Pic: Chris Worsey](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e3/90/e390c3da-0866-4d2a-8ffe-ca4999d7ce1c/content/images/lichfieldlive-co-uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/hustings.jpg)](//lichfieldlive.co.uk/2015/04/20/candidates-welcome-challenging-questions-from-students/hustings-2/)

Students at the hustings event. Pic: Chris Worsey

The audience of students at South Staffordshire College got the chance to grill candidates ahead of the general election.

The event came in the wake of a similar public event at Lichfield Cathedral the night before.

Conservative candidate Michael Fabricant said: “The questions asked there were varied, intelligent, interesting and challenging. It gave me real hope for today’s youth.”

His view was echoed by Labour candidate Chris Worsey who said: “It was a fantastic event with great questions from really bright and engaged students.”

*The candidates standing in the Lichfield constituency in May are:*

- *Andy Bennetts – Class War*
- *Michael Fabricant – Conservatives*
- *Robert Pass – Green Party*
- *John Rackham – UKIP*
- *Paul Ray – Lib Dem*
- *Chris Worsey – Labour*