Lucy uses - and abuses - the politics of democracy to ban the television from the house and encourage the family to indulge in more social pursuits, like debating and playing chess. But Lucy's less interested in democracy than in getting her own way. All this politics gives Josh a brilliant idea for how to get out of double maths lessons - run for election to the school council, which takes place at the same time as his dreaded maths lessons. However, Josh soon learns the power of politics and the great feeling of being popular. He promises anything to anyone in order to win votes. But then he comes up with the most popular policy of all: to gain access for his classmates to the legendary prefects' common room. The problem is, the common room is the only place where Mel can avoid Josh at school. And so the two declare battle. Only what Josh doesn't know is, Mel has a secret weapon - a tape of Josh singing a terrible karaoke version of 'Hit Me Baby One More Time' - and she's not