A lively evening with Sutton Scouts at the Pavilion today, talking about local government.

We did a ‘which council does what’ exercise which resulted in some amazingly insightful discussions about everything from Grenfell Tower cladding and magnetic levitation trains to zoo licences and the rights of parents to educate their children at home.

And we followed up with a mock election, with the Scouts voting for their chosen candidate out of three – Tom Branson, Daisy Mason, and Beryl Patmore. Spot the Downton Abbey references! Mrs Patmore won the day, with her manifesto of higher council tax in return for affordable housing and more bus services.