I first met Sam James when he was three. I was a play group assistant at Lower Shaw Farm and so was his mum, Madeline. He enjoyed climbing and exploring – and painting, although we had to watch him as he liked to lick the paintbrushes. He’s come a long way since then and twenty years later I caught up with him at his Swindon home. Sam, who suffers from cerebral palsy, is the eldest of six children. He attended Robert le Kynge Primary School, transferring to Commonweal School, and then going on to Cirencester College and graduating from the Royal Holloway University of London. In conversation Sam discusses education, his political beliefs and what the future might hold. It was nice going to Cirencester (College) as there was a real separation between work and home. When I was at college I worked obsessively and when I was at home I vegetated in front of the television. It was nice to have that separation. I went to Royal Holloway University of Lond...