Referendum Time

Posted by Norm on February 5th, 2008 filed in General

It’s that time of year again, when the crazy political folk get their soapboxes out and try and make the student population care about the world outside of Neighbours, Deal or No Deal, cheap drinks and Carnage based incidents.

The Union Council passed the following motions meaning they now go on to the referendum ballot paper which every full member of the union gets to vote on. Compare them with the submitted motions here.

Motion 1: Don’t renew the LUU ‘No Platform Policy’– AT SECURE PETITION (330)

Everyone support this - get down to the union and sign the petition! It gives us back our right to free speech!!

Motion 2: Lobby for Activity Groups to have access to the Refectory

This is a good idea, not that it will actaully make any difference seeing as the union couldn’t organise themselves a drink, never mind a piss up in a brewery!

Motion 3: Should this Union support a re-evaluation of the decision to close Bodington Hall?

Not one I actually care about. It is going to happen whatever the outcome of this vote.

Motion 4: Stop the Royal Bank of Scotland/Natwest funding climate change

This is just ridiculous. We are intelligent people able to make up our own minds about who and what we buy from whom. Either ban everything or shut the f*** up!!

Motion 5: ID Cards

It’s already law!! Get over it and move on. If you have nothing to hide then you have nothing to worry about.

Motion 6: Should our University accept money from military companies to carry out their research?

YES. Next question…

Motion 7: Should LUU lobby the University for Home Fees to apply to refugees?

NO. Either pay up or get a job like the rest of us.

Motion 8: Oppose the NUS Governance Review

A tricky one, I think that the ideas behind are pretty sound, just not sure how it would actaully work in practice.

Motion 9: Lads mags behind the counter

There are more naked women in Cosmo….

Motion 10: Occupation and education in Iraq – AT SECURE PETITION (750)

Gah. This is basically a mish mash of several motions. They are all rubbish! Stay away from this one.


2 Responses to “Referendum Time”

  1. Liz Says:

    Got ur knickers in a twist love ;-)

    Tho, tbh, I’d come to ur Uni just because I’d get to shout at people for being so bloody stupid!!

    Tut tut!

  2. People and planet man Says:

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    Motion 4: Stop the Royal Bank of Scotland/Natwest funding climate change

    This is just ridiculous. We are intelligent people able to make up our own minds about who and what we buy from whom. Either ban everything or shut the f*** up!!
    ***

    Hopefully a few weeks on you read this motion and realise that it isn’t about banning anything… simply about trying to get RBS & Natwest to reconsider their investments… something that we as customers as well within our rights to do!

    To answer the next question, which’ll be about other banks… RBS calls themselves the “oil and gas bank”. Whilst others shy away from the more destructive project, they plough on.

    More here: http://peopleandplanet.org/ditchdirtydevelopment

    Cheers!

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