Age: 19

Current voting intention: Ben was undecided when we first met him, but now he knows he won't be voting.

Key election issues: no election issues get Ben particularly fired up

Trivia: "Masculinely-challenged male seeking others in a quest to change the fashion world." Or so Ben describes himself. Citing music as "one of the most important things" in his life, he writes for an online music fanzine as a reviewer. He customises his own clothes, buying items from charity shops and then embellishing them.

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As a student myself I think Ben is cool to be different. I feel there are too many sheep in society everyone has to be the same. Wrong we should all express ourselves. I will vote lib dem because I feel they allow all people in society to adopt what lifestyle they please and they respect it too.
Chris Bird, Staffs

Hey, I am a fashion student too and can really see where he is coming from. I love my course because it is filled with free thinking and artistic people like Ben. It's so good to hear someone talking honestly about their opinions and not getting bulldozed by the media. He sounds like he has a very clear idea of who he is and what he wants out of life. I would gladly join him on his quest!
Emily, Staffordshire

How refreshing it is to see young people having safe, unoffending fun. Your attitudes to social matters seem extremely modern, and it was an absolute pleasure to see such enthusiasm for fashion, and issues which affect you, rather than being caught up in the commotion of politics too early in life. Your style was certainly something to be admired, something which many people are afraid to experiment with, and often judge for the wrong reasons; I personally would love to break the mould at times! Such a nice extract to watch: young people enjoying life which is after all what it is meant for!
Scott Windridge, Birmingham

As a politics student myself, who is presently too young to vote, I plead with you to use your vote and use it wisely. Also, do not fall for the spin and scaremongering thrown around by the main party leaders; vote purely on what your heart/mind/maybe-even-personal-selfish-interest tells you. Good luck with the music too!
Bryn Buck, Lancashire

How can you say you are not interested in politics, it effects most things that you will do in everyday life and I believe that if you do not vote you can not really complain about things that are wrong with the country, as you did not bother to spare 5 minutes of your time to go to the polling station, who ever you vote for please just vote.
Luke Armstrong, Hartlepool

The best reason for voting is that voting, quite simply, changes things. Do you like paying more taxes for more public services (Labour/ Liberal Democrats) or less tax for a slimmed down government (Conservatives)? Do you approve of the war in Iraq (Labour/ Conservatives) or do you think we should have continued negotiating with Saddam Hussein (Liberal Democrats)? These are just two issues where the division lines between the parties are clear and where you can really make a difference. Personally, I am supporting the Conservatives and would recommend them to you.
Tom Rowley, Northumberland

The best estimates concerning the death toll in the Iraq war are that around 100,000 people died as a result of it. Are you really more interested in clothes than politics?
Stephen Grant, London

Get a grip man, ever wondered what it would be like to have a return to the days of Thatcherism? 3 million unemployed, poll tax, The Chigwell Skinhead and union bashing? Any Labour leader who can bury the Tories in two successive landslides deserves another go. VOTE LABOUR
Duncan Birkbeck, Banbury

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