A lasting legacy.

We debated in the House of Commons!! The day was amazing. It showed the level of debate young people could reach. To me, it showed that young people have both intelligent and simple answers, to issues that politicians run away from . We were upfront, passionate, considerate of the views of others and ambitious. We were sure this event would be a hallmark for the young people in the Youth Parliament for years to come, and we were right.

I was amazed at the amount of press coverage received as well. Many programmes on many radio stations and television channels broadcast the run up to the event, the event itself and the aftermath, publicising the need for youth participation, the issues to be discussed and the history surrounding it. The event was scattered all over the Internet in an unimaginable and unprecedented amount of blogs, of articles, in forums, leaflets, websites of all kinds, in all shapes, opinions and views. It hit major headlines, it caused breaking news. It was everywhere, even in the metro!

My part to play was on the BBC Breakfast news and the Radio 4 Today programme with James Naughtie and Justin Webb. Charity and I were on that programme to discuss the issues we were to bring up in the commons, mainly crime and unemployment. We then headed over to Millbank to do a BBC World Service Broadcast where the correspondent was asking us to compare Barack Obama and Gordon Brown.

Just to say, there were some comments in the Commons which I wholly disagreed with. But, that's what makes our democracy so important, the freedom of choice, and the freedom of re-choice as the speaker quite rightly said.

I'm not sure how we'll top this, I'm not sure if it needs topping. What it has done has proved our worth and our passion for national issues. It has cemented in history, the activism and projects we have been doing in our local areas. It stood the test of controversy, it stood the test of those MPs against it and it won.

Well done everyone.

Harry