Duncan Hames for Chippenham

The two leadership candidates for the Liberal Democrat party paid a visit to Wiltshire on Wednesday. The two contenders: Chris Huhne, the environment spokesman and Nick Clegg, the spokesperson on home affairs visited the home of Lord Bath at Longleat near Warminster for a very special hustings meeting.

The event, which was attended by about eighty members of the party, was an opportunity for the contenders to speak to the voters in the election about what they stand for and how they feel they would benefit the Lib Dems.

The event also allowed members to ask formal questions during the proceedings and also to have informal conversations with the candidates over a buffet laid on by Lord Bath, and the Warminster and District branch of the party.

Duncan Hames, the prospective Lib Dem MP for Chippenham was one of those to attend and following the event said: “Both the candidates gave a fantastic speech, as a party we are fortunate to have two excellent candidates, who would both do a great job at leading our party.”

Duncan Hames, prospective Lib Dem MP for the new Constituency of Chippenham addressed students at the opening ceremony of a Model United Nations Conference last week at St Laurence School in Bradford on Avon.

Students from 6 local schools took part in the event which aims to encourage political interest amongst students by debating & lobbying to form their own solutions to global issues.

Speaking after the event, Duncan said: “It was great to see so many schools from the area taking part in the Model United Nations at St Laurence School. The opportunity to develop skills is outside of a classroom is really valuable for young people about to make their way in the world.”

The organiser of the event, Naill Allsopp said: “The event was a fantastic success, all the students in attendance spoke during the conference, which was a big achievement and they commented on how much they had enjoyed themselves. The evening was full of some stimulating debates. Duncan Hames’ speech was well received; it was great to have him there.”