NUS refuse to condemn ISIS

[Crush]

http://www.buzzfeed.com/richardhjames/the-nus-vote...

http://tab.co.uk/2014/10/14/nus-refuses-to-condemn...

http://i100.independent.co.uk/article/nus-will-con...


Opposing UKIP and evil Israel is apparently more important than a bunch of loons slaughtering their way through the Middle East then

Maybe Farage should start beheading his opposition to gain some NUS support?

Edited by Crush on Wednesday 15th October 19:22

[jmorgan]

Seems one section did not like it, so not quite all, their rules and all that.

But, meh! Future leaders so what do you expect, especially with a story of earth shattering proportions

"How to have a poo at a house party"

[Jimbeaux]

Crush said:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/richardhjames/the-nus-vote...

http://tab.co.uk/2014/10/14/nus-refuses-to-condemn...

http://i100.independent.co.uk/article/nus-will-con...


Opposing UKIP and evil Israel is apparently more important than a bunch of loons slaughtering their way through the Middle East then

Maybe Farage should start beheading his opposition to gain some NUS support?

Edited by Crush on Wednesday 15th October 19:22

This is the type of crap that will ensure a homeland strike. The generation that faced the Blitz would be crawling from their graves; and those still here wanting to crawl in.

[FourWheelDrift]

Can we invade the NUS, do they have any oil?

[ATG]

Opposing the motion because it was Islamophobic was retarded. It clearly wasn't Islamophobic. The motion contained a lot of anti-American silliness. Why anyone with more than 3mm of brain tissue would get involved in NUS politics, I can't imagine. Unless it is an elaborate piss take of course. My university's student union extracted itself from the NUS. Most sensible thing it ever did.

[Jasandjules]

Ahh, sometimes wonder about such people.

[rollondeath]

Jasandjules said:

Ahh, sometimes wonder about such people.

They go on to become powerfully built directors on here!

[anonymous-user]

ATG said:

Opposing the motion because it was Islamophobic was retarded. It clearly wasn't Islamophobic. The motion contained a lot of anti-American silliness. Why anyone with more than 3mm of brain tissue would get involved in NUS politics, I can't imagine. Unless it is an elaborate piss take of course. My university's student union extracted itself from the NUS. Most sensible thing it ever did.

Southampton?

[zcacogp]

It's the NUS. Possibly one of the most left-leaving organisations this side of ... oh, I dunno, the SWP.


Oli.

[Jimbeaux]

FourWheelDrift said:

Can we invade the NUS, do they have any oil?

No, but they may be oily, is that enough?

[jmorgan]

They have been hoisted by their own rules it would seem. The person with the petard is not hard to see that she has an agenda.

[BlackLabel]

It appears this decision was led by the stop the war coalition/UAF types within the NUS NEC. At the forefront was black students’ officer Malia Bouattia and Labour councillor Aaron Kiely (who incidentally opposed the extradition of Abu Hamza on human right grounds and has shared a stage with some hardcore Islamists in the past). You just need to google their names or have a look at their twitter feed to see what kind of politics they are involved in.

Most Muslim students are probably as dissapointed over this as we are.

At least the Scottish NUS saw sense.

[davepoth]

Student politics is ridiculous. I remember when I was at university the union there had to bribe all of the student societies with beer to get a quorum at a meeting whose whole point was to vote on a measure to reduce the size of the quorum.

[BillPeart]

BlackLabel said:

It appears this decision was led by the stop the war coalition/UAF types within the NUS NEC. At the forefront was black students’ officer Malia Bouattia and Labour councillor Aaron Kiely (who incidentally opposed the extradition of Abu Hamza on human right grounds and has shared a stage with some hardcore Islamists in the past). You just need to google their names or have a look at their twitter feed to see what kind of politics they are involved in.

Most Muslim students are probably as dissapointed over this as we are.

At least the Scottish NUS saw sense.

Yet the terrorist loving lefty fkwits carry enough support (or fear) to get the motion blocked. She'll either be a Labour MP or Director of Amnesty in 10 years, if her career plans are as predictable as her 'don't touch the Muslims, even the bad ones because minorities are it' motivation.

[PorkInsider]

BillPeart said:

Yet the terrorist loving lefty fkwits carry enough support (or fear) to get the motion blocked. She'll either be a Labour MP or Director of Amnesty in 10 years, if her career plans are as predictable as her 'don't touch the Muslims, even the bad ones because minorities are it' motivation.

Or in charge of child non-protection somewhere.

[Baryonyx]

The NUS are a bunch of fking idiots. I wouldn't lose sleep over anything those fools think.

[wolves_wanderer]

Whew, I bet theres dancing in the streets of ISIS tonight.

[McWigglebum4th]

Send them over to Syria

Tell them not to bother taking any hats

They won't be needing them

[powerstroke]

rollondeath said:

Jasandjules said:

Ahh, sometimes wonder about such people.

They go on to become powerfully built directors on here!

more likely teachers ,local government and non jobs!!

[Dracoro]

I find it funny when the NUS quote their membership numbers when "justifying" their views.

I would say the vast majority of students (and I was in this pot when at uni) join the NUS for one reason, and one reason only, and that is to get into the student union bars.

Of course, a few others used the union services for day to day issues, student advice etc. but it will be a tiny proportion that are "activists" in non-student issues of the day. In fact, I rather suspect those that are aren't active students as such but career NUS staff.