Technically he is not a candidate but he is in charge of the Lisbon campaign (and is also a very good waffler).  I can ask him all those questions (and I will if I have enough time) but my fear would be that I will get a lot of fairly non-committal answers because he is not in the business of giving Lisbon opponents sticks to beat him or the Government with.  

I'm trying to maximise what I can get out of the 30 or so minutes I will have with him and he can stonewall with the best of them if he doesn't want to get embroiled in a particular issue.  So my focus was more on asking questions he might be prepared to engage with.

But hey - I asked for suggestions and am very glad to get them - and will amend my strategy accordingly.

notes from no w here