Political Animals - The Quiz!
The Politics Show South section will be live from the Liberal Democrat conference in Bournemouth on Sunday (on at the strange time of 1.35pm because of coverage of the Great North Run.) We've got Labour in Brighton the week after, then the long trek to Manchester for the Conservatives.
Some of the most interesting people at these conferences are the candidates - aspirant
MPs who often have more ideas and enthusiasm than many of the more senior party members.
So our guest panel for the South of England part of the Politics Show each week will be made up entirely of candidates. For the Liberal Democrats that means Steve Goddard, who's fighting Oxford East, David Rendel from Newbury and Liz Leffman, who's been chosen to fight the new seat of Meon Valley in Hampshire.
Researcher Julie Massiter has been lining up the guests - talking to bright young Labour and Conservative hopefuls too - and says she's found their open attitude refreshing.
Not only are these aspirant MPs aiming to rejuvenate their parties, then, they've also brought a fresh burst of energy to the Politics Show office. So much so that Julie and Producer Ian Paul managed to come up with this special quiz to celebrate the new generation of Political Animals.
(I'm not telling you my score but the comment was: not quite the cat's miaouw!)
Welcome to the hustings! I'm Peter Henley, the BBC's political reporter in the south of England. From parish councils in Sussex, to European politics in Oxford, this is the blog for you. 
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