I'm seven but I can sort out economy, Mr Brown

My Account
Logout

Create an Evening Standard Account

Use your social network

Save time by using your existing account to sign in to Evening Standard

We'll never share your information or post anything to your account without your permission

Welcome! Sign in here

Use your social network

Save time by using your existing account to sign in to Evening Standard

We'll never share your information or post anything to your account without your permission

Forgot your password ?

Registration

* indicates fields that are mandatory

Email *

Password *

Confirm Password *

First name *

Surname *

Postcode *

Country *

Mobile phone number

Username *

Gender *

Year of birth *

When you sign up...

You will have access to all our online competitions, discounted offers and can post comments on our site.

You will also receive The Weekender newsletter sent every Thursday - it’s full of fantastic offers and ideas for the weekend. You can update your email preferences in your account page when you log in.

Other newsletters and emails

Homes & Property Newsletter - Yes I want to receive the weekly email with all the latest news on property in the capital

Occasionally we would also like to send you relevant emails detailing specific offers either from ourselves or carefully selected partners. If you would prefer not to receive these then please tick the appropriate boxes below. We will never pass on your details.

I do not want to receive additional offers and information from the Evening Standard

I do not want to receive additional offers and information sent by Evening Standard on behalf of carefully selected partners

Terms and Conditions

* I have read, understood and agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of Evening Standard

Registration

Mail Sent for Registration Confirmation.

A confirmation email has been sent. Please activate your account by clicking on the activation link sent in your mail box.

Six months after the Prime Minister warned the Labour conference that "this is no time for a novice", he faces a challenge from a seven-year-old boy.

Ishan Baig has amazed his teachers by achieving grade B in his computing GCSE this week, nine years earlier than most pupils would attempt the exams.

And when he received his results he said: "I'd really like to be prime minister of the UK. I want to start learning about politics, the economy and the world and what people in the UK want."

Ishan, from Pinner, got his grades yesterday after taking the GCSE in Information and Communications Technology in January. He started the course aged five at Ryde Teaching Services in Bushey, Hertfordshire. Taught by Dr Mike Ryde, he found he loved learning about computers and was even excited by the exams. "He came out of the room skipping and dancing," said his mother Reshma, a 36-year-old management consultant.

Ishan, who attends independent Reddiford School in Pinner, lives with his mother, banker father Hussain, 37, and brother Zayn, five. A keen Manchester United fan, he is fascinated by politics and says he would set up his own "Sensible Party". Assessing the PM's record on the economy, Ishan said: "He is trying. He needs to try and stop the credit crunch. He should make sure the banks don't make such big losses ever again."

The best way out of the recession is to invest in climate change research: "I would want to make UK experts the world leaders on global warming. Then we could make other countries pay for our ideas and inventions to solve it." His party's policies would be pro-child - "Good education, parents with jobs and a safe country." He would also look into lowering the voting age to 12.

And Ishan shows signs of a populist streak that could prove him to be a future vote-winner: he wants to introduce a three-day school week.