Peter Skinner was my MEP when we had local- i.e.- Kent MEPs - back in the late 1990s and then we foolishly fell for the European view that our MEPs should be both regional and on a list and it was then that the European democratic principles fell over and have yet to recover. Now less than 30% of the country votes in an EU election.....sad, very sad.
Anyway, notwithstanding, Peter had an hour with me this afternoon on youth unemployment in the SE.