As new questions are raised by the arrest of Rebecca Brooks and Andy Coulson on phone hacking charges, you too can debate the current political embarrassment of David Cameron and his scandal-hit coalition government.
And you can tell Marlborough outspoken MP’s Tory MP Claire Perry whether or not you still have trust in the political system – and its competence – as the country faces an age of continued austerity.
Mrs Perry will be facing the music along with Labour MP and former minister Chris Bryant, Manchester Guardian political editor Nick Watt, author and journalist Douglas Murray and Lt General Sir Barney White-Spunner in the Memorial Hall at Marlborough College on Thursday.
In the chair of what is the first two Question Time Debates being staged during the College’s Summer School will be former Fleet Street journalist Michael Kallenbach, now a couples counsellor and relationship therapist.
And South African-born Mr Kallenbach, who started a daily political diary column called The Whip for Rebecca Wade, as she then was during her editorship of The Sun, believes the public isn’t fed up with politics.
“I think people aren’t disillusioned with the debate about politics – and this is bringing the political discussion to the countryside,” he told me at his home in Mildenhall.
“I imagine there is already a huge interest in these two debates and I think you will find the attendance will be quite surprisingly high.”
He adds: “I think it is difficult for the political parties to agree on anything at the moment – whether it’s gay marriage or Lords reform – but I do think it’s important for politicians to have worked outside the Westminster bubble.
“Many haven’t. I think Ed Milliband, the Labour leader is an example of someone who hasn’t.”
But how that affects Claire Perry, once a banker, and Chris Bryant, a former Church of England priest, may provide an interesting highlight during the evening.
Might some of our MPs perhaps benefit from Mr Kallenbach’s skills learned from his training at the Tavistock Institute, in Hampstead.
“We all have weaknesses and all relationships, whether political or personal, can do with a shake up and a refresher course when the roof is on and the sun is shining,” Mr Kallenbach insisted.
“They come when they’re in deep trouble and sometimes it’s too late.”
Tickets cost £10 for the 8pm event.
