Stephen Bates, the Conservative's Westminster candidate for Newcastle North was out with his team on Brunton Park this week. Stephen Bates commented "we had an excellent time hearing the veiws of local residents and it was great talking with people on the doorstep about the local, national and indeed international issues on their minds. Whilst there are certainly things we can do better, I was really encouraged that people get the fact the country truly needs a compentent Conservative administration to lead us further down the path to recovery and to protect British interests and values from external forces abroad - and indeed from internal risks within"