Questions for candidates - Harness your anger to get answers

TEMPTING as it might be to confront politicians asking for your vote over the coming weeks with a plague-on-all-your-houses tirade, the fleeting moment might be put to better use.

An opportunity for a vigorous face-to-face with someone defending the system that has become remote, unaccountable, unreliable and ineffective might be satisfying but it will achieve little more than throwing eggs at untouchable bankers.

We are all familiar with the politician slipping the tackle saying the issue is not being raised on doorsteps. In the next few weeks we have an opportunity to close off that escape route and we should make full use of it.