York University held this year’s Freshers’ Fair recently and I went along to help the University’s Liberal Democrat Society recruit new members. Despite the fact that over 190 societies had stands, there was a lot of interest form the new students and many of them signed up to receive further information.

There were also quite a number who were already members of the party, which was good. The society is a very active one and already has a good membership who meet together for talks, visiting speakers and social events.

It is always good to see so many young people keen and interested in political activities and I hope they will be inspired to take a full part in the democratic processes of the country in years to come.