Bigdancingman, Go for it - you may not get in but it's a chance to highlight all the issues you've just brought up. Northmavine's sent young eens to da Cooncil afore - Chris Dowle was in his twenties when he won the seat. Good luck
I have got a MacBook to use for a piece of work I'm doing - but have never used one before. The little notebook that goes with it hasn't helped me much so far - is there an equivalent to Windows for Dummies that I could track down ?