Last Friday, the College was delighted to welcome Andrew Griffith MP to speak to Lower Sixth and Fifth Form students.
Andrew, MP for Arundel and South Downs, fielded questions on a variety of topics, ranging from referendums to quantitative easing, the race-report, and COVID-19 lockdowns.
The students were united in their praise for this event with Andrew Griffith:
“This genuinely was the best event I have attended in my time at Hurst. It was both educational and fun, and I also thought Andrew Griffith was very well educated without being condescending. Really appreciate the opportunity,” Ralph A B
“I thought he was very interesting and it was good to hear from a direct source how life is as an MP,” Will C
“It was so interesting. A little bit of political spin but his answers seemed very genuine,” Saoirse O
“It was very good and entertaining to see a real MP, to hear about what he does and how he argues his points,” Harry L
“The talk was absolutely incredible, I really enjoyed it. I would love more of these talks in the future, and it would be great for Andrew Griffith to return soon,” Charles B
“He was very interesting and gave great responses to some very tough questions! He definitely had some challenging and controversial subjects thrown at him. As I expected, he did skip around some questions, but I guess that is the classic MP move. I very much enjoyed his visit, it gave me some new outlooks on different topics,” Sophie S S
“ This was an invaluable experience for both years, providing a breadth of new evidence for them to use in their essays. It was also great to see students so engaged with politics! ” Kieran Nash, Teacher of Politics
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