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To explain this, we need to firstly understand how the voting system for our government works; which is called First Past the Post. Lizzie Akass explains.
Up until recently, the battle for number ten has circled around the Conservatives, Labour and Liberal Democrats.
Katherine Hardiman looks into how and why this may have changed.
NUS Presidential Candidate Leon French is withdrawing his candidacy from the election after the Liar Liar campaign proved the NUS maybe too far from reforming, arguing “some cheeky sod who you didn’t even get the chance to vote for has signed off £40,000 of our money to attack a national political party”. He makes a challenge to all students that the student politics cannot be changed by involvement in the NUS and that disenfranchised students should get involved with real politics in order to make real change. LSU Media has an exclusive insight. The 20 year old finalist music student…
The NUS is alienating the very people they claim to represent, and their Liar Liar campaign launched April 16th is just more evidence how.
With the likes of Russell Brand and Eddie Izzard being increasingly seen in political spheres, should celebrities be endorsed to promote political engagement?
LIVE COMMENTARY- KATIE WILSON
BBC Leaders’ Debate Thursday 16th April.
In a recent article I examine the pre-campaigning of candidates for the Executive positions in the National Union of Students. One of those candidates, Poppy Wilkinson, took time out of her busy schedule to visit us at Loughborough. She took tough questions, presented compelling answers and shared her experiences of NUS Conference & issues with the wider NUS body as a whole: Going that step further However, nothing can be as good as an old-fashioned meeting in person, and that’s just what we had with Poppy Wilkinson. Poppy is currently in her second term of office as President at the…
The elections for the NUS Executive posts involve voting delegates from all corners of the UK, so unlike our beloved LSU Exec Elections, there are far fewer campus flashmobs and far more inventive long-range campaigning ideas. The election for President of the National Union of Students and the 5 Vice President positions take place on the Wednesday of the annual National Conference (this year 22nd April), with delegates selecting their preferences in a secret ballot. Campaigning starts early, with some candidates making known their intentions to run publicly weeks before delegate lists are announced. Once Constituent Member delegates are known (people who’ve…
As the only delegate from Loughborough Students’ Union that’s been to conference before, I thought I’d share my unofficial top tips for surviving conference. Conference floor seating location This is where you’ll camp for the majority of your time at conference. Make yourselves at home. Sit Near the stage entrance as this will give you the best access to the DPC desk if you need to challenge any calls or put forward any procedural motions. (For clarity the majority of the time you don’t chose where you sit.) Make friends with your delegation Be it casual beers on the first…
During the campaigning process for the upcoming General Election it can be forgotten that the party leaders are actual people…