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Major left rebellion cripples anti-democratic agenda

Anti-establishment | 01.04.2008 15:45 | Education

The Labourite/Right-wing/Corporatist establishment of NUS have suffered a shock defeat at the Student bodies annual conference. The big debate of this year's event, the controversial Governance Review, has been voted down by a margin of just 20 votes, despite progressives preparing to see democracy eroded, and in some cases removed by the Union's anti-grassroots establishment.

They had wanted to turn the Union into a talking shop for Full-time Students Union officers, pushing it even further from the hands of ordinary students, and yet, to many people's dismay, the news this afternoon from Blackpool's Wintergardens is that the unthinkable has indeed happened. This turn of events might not return the Union to its former days as an effective mobiliser of thousands of students, but it gives hope to those who really do want a fighting Union.

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NUS = Tired old Trot policies nobody cares about

01.04.2008 15:59

The NUS has always been a waste of space, if it wasn't for the fact that ALL students are automaticly members regardless of their wishes then most wouldn't give a toss.

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