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Added: Monday, 13 July, 2009, 13:57 GMT 14:57 UK

i didnt watch all of the last programme because i am finding myself getting angry with these politicans and the do gooders. Why have we only spent 1bn on the armed forces yet brown/darling have spent 20 billion on the banks, surely commom sense tells you protect our boys not fat greedy bankers, we have enough banks but only 1 British Army. I can see why people are going to the BNP they have good policies some i dont agree with but what i have seen in regards to the A/Forces

MAZ, Worksop, UK, England,

Added: Saturday, 11 July, 2009, 17:29 GMT 18:29 UK

LOVE your program. Could you make it absolutely perfect by creating a SPINOMETER. At the end of each program, have an audience vote on the panelists for SPIN SPIN FREE 10 TOTAL SPIN 0 (if you can't afford an electronic voting machine, then just judge it on the clapping) That would get some of the politicians on thier toes !! just an idea ........

james kane, Belfast, UK, Northern Ireland,

Added: Saturday, 11 July, 2009, 12:40 GMT 13:40 UK

Did Suzanne give a real perspective of young people views in the UK? I think not. What about finding a young person from a broken home, with a lack of financial support, who has fallen out of education early and has shown offending behaviour? There is things for these young people to do, its just they are not guided by their parents as to how to go about participating in them. Unfortunately young peoples behaviour today is learned from the previous generation!!!

Nick, Chelmsford, UK, England,

Added: Saturday, 11 July, 2009, 12:20 GMT 13:20 UK

Why do the BBC presume that Shami Chakrabarti is the voice of our moral conscience , and that she holds the consensus of opinion ? I tend to disagree with most of the things she advocates.

Alan, Liverpool, UK, England,

Added: Friday, 10 July, 2009, 19:24 GMT 20:24 UK

I think the government misunderstand us teenagers. I am 19 and currently in an apprenticeship.Further education r.e college proved to be a big let down. The reason why we turn to drink is because there is nothing to do as youth clubs are not modernised. Also there is a lack of JOBS !! Big problem for BORED OUT OF OUR SKULLS teenagers. This also relates a little to the Too many students subject. There are no places for us Brits to apply for as they're taken up by foreigners.Hence us binge drinkin

Sarah, Salford, UK, England,

Added: Friday, 10 July, 2009, 13:47 GMT 14:47 UK

I was both shocked and embarrassed by Andy Burnham's useless performance. How on earth does this man hold the position of Secretary of State for Health? Not once did he give a sensible and coherent answer, and often he resorted to saying nothing. His desperate attempt to counter Ms Teether's perfectly reasonable comment, that not all youngsters are suited to a university education, by suggesting that she was being elitist, beggars belief. Well done Suzanne - Give it a rest Shami!

colin, Warrington, UK, England,

Added: Friday, 10 July, 2009, 12:57 GMT 13:57 UK

The youthful audiance made Burnham look and sound like a fool. On one occasion he blustered that the coilition in Afghanistan was over 40 countries, until he was reminded that most have just a few token non-combatants. The young lady on the panel was head and shouders above him in intelligence and interlect. He really should get out more, preferably out of Parliament. Bill Burrows Wigan

Bill Burrows, Wigan, UK, England,

Added: Friday, 10 July, 2009, 07:40 GMT 08:40 UK

It seems that the younger generation are more arrogant than ever. Claiming that there is nothing to do on a Friday night

Robert, Chelmsford, UK, England,

Added: Friday, 10 July, 2009, 07:39 GMT 08:39 UK

Stuart, Walsall. So you're saying that you'd prefer politicians to be drinkers and NOT interested in politics. They would represent you better. Well done Stuart, well done.

Adam, Chester, UK, England,

Added: Friday, 10 July, 2009, 07:21 GMT 08:21 UK

Are our Jounior children been cheated out of their educational rights when the NUT and the Doctors keep the 15000 failing teachers off sick for months on end at a cost to the tax payer, the schools insurance cover, class disruption, hiring releif agency staff and generally having a good time on the box at everyones expence (MP's expense row springs to mind) Some Teachers off sick may be genuine and may not be the failing teachers. Others definatly are. Regards, JP21

JP, Birmingham, UK, England,

Added: Friday, 10 July, 2009, 06:19 GMT 07:19 UK

It took 18-year-old student, Suzanne Burlton, running rings around our inept politicians to demonstrate the intellectual void in Westminster today. I have no doubt at all that Suzanne could do a far better job as PM than the encumbant and replace most the fools in cabinet as well. Suzanne showed us that there IS hope for this country.

Fred Hause, London, UK, England,

Added: Thursday, 9 July, 2009, 23:38 GMT 00:38 UK

What NOBODY has mentioned. After the war many companies wanted people with qualifications just to filter the number of applicants for jobs. All the companies will do is move the goal posts requiring higher and higher qualifications just to filter job applications. Eventually the time will arrive that applicants will require a degree to do mundane jobs that require no qualification at all. As the recession bites harder then this will become even more the norm. (I do have exp of this practice.)

Brian Gerrard, Chard, UK, England,

Added: Thursday, 9 July, 2009, 23:21 GMT 00:21 UK

It is a fact that if you are stood up in a group with a pint in you hand rather than sat at a table, you will drink quicker and therefore drink more than when sat at a table. The answer to binge drinking is to insist that pubs and clubs have tables and chairs and the number of people allowed in them should not exceed the number of chairs by more than 10% Gradually the social drinking will return and binge drinking will die out and the café culture that everyone wants will prevail.

Phil Roberts, Bangor, UK, Wales,

Added: Thursday, 9 July, 2009, 23:04 GMT 00:04 UK

Suzzane Hurlton, as well-spoken as she was, clearly doesn't represent the young people and students of this country. It would have been good to get the views of an a real-life student .

Mike, Manchester, UK, England,

Added: Thursday, 9 July, 2009, 23:03 GMT 00:03 UK

I found the comments made on tonights question time so maddening. i am a single parent, a mature student, and going through a divorce, with the consent of the government. I am a student because I want to do better for myself, although im older. to say we want to get into debt is really making me mad. the reason Im a student is to relieve myself from the debt my husband left me in. Would these same people prefer me to be on benefits, being that Im now a single parent?? I am only adding to my debt

Lynne Gaynor, Coventry, UK, England,