From Newsround at 8.25 this morning:

Ricky: There's a big election coming up, when adults will have the chance to vote for politicians they want to run the country. But we want to know what you guys would do if you were in charge.

We then saw Ricky's video report: Have your say: If I were Prime Minister

In my blog on 18 March 2010 I ended with:

The BBC likes to pretend that Newsround is about empowering kids. But fundamentally their 'kids in charge consultation' is a sham - the programme and its website are ultimately controlled and manipulated by adults.