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Comment on Edinburgh welcomes UKIP by Secretariat

Secretariat — Fri, 17 May 2013 20:22:42 +0000

I linked to this in the article: http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2013/02/ukip-party-bigots-lets-look-evidence

Comment on Edinburgh welcomes UKIP by Simon

Simon — Fri, 17 May 2013 16:33:38 +0000

You have proof of this ” xenophobic, racist, and homophobic” view and would hope UKIP sees this article and sues for libel, enough is enough.

Comment on Edinburgh welcomes UKIP by John Lester

John Lester — Fri, 17 May 2013 15:34:53 +0000

How can it be “racist”, “xenophobic” and, indeed, “scum” for anyone of English, Scots or Welsh descent to reject race-replacement mass immigration? Would any other people anywhere be “racist”, “xenophobic” and, indeed, “scum” for rejecting their own demographic replacement, or it is just us? And if it’s just us, according to you, wouldn’t that make you guilty of the very racism you are so anxious to assign to others?

Please explain, because this question is asked many times of those who Trot out these boorish boo-words, and never an answer comes back. I should war you, however, that in standing against the right of any people anywhere to secure their own existence is an impossible sell.

Oh, and let’s not have any nonsense about the non-existence of race and ethnicity, which has not been a sustainable intellectual argument since the genome was cracked. You cannot win that way or any other way. There are no valid argument for opposing the life of our people.

Comment on Open letter: Solidarity with Aisling Gallagher! by Rob Henthorn

Rob Henthorn — Thu, 16 May 2013 19:15:24 +0000

& mine too –
Rob Henthorn, President for Education (elect) Aberdeen University Students Association, NCFAC Scotland Committee

Comment on SUs, NUS and the Student Movement by Simon Furse

Simon Furse — Mon, 13 May 2013 15:58:43 +0000

The proposal does allow for that, the proposal is that any organised group at a campus can send a delegate to the national committee. The threshold of how many members you need to send a delegate is lower for FE to try and encourage more FE members on the committee. This would hopefully mean that there would be a substantial number of FE members represented on the committee.

I agree that the main body of the article does not talk enough about FE, and that is because I don’t really know much about it tbh. I was never involved in any kind of organizing while at 6th form. If you would like to write something about how NCAFC should be engaging FE students I would be really interested and we would publish it on the website.

Comment on Open letter: Solidarity with Aisling Gallagher! by Roisin Jackman

Roisin Jackman — Mon, 13 May 2013 11:53:01 +0000

Hi, please add my name too.
Roisin Jackman, QUBSU

Comment on Open letter: Solidarity with Aisling Gallagher! by Chloe Minish

Chloe Minish — Mon, 13 May 2013 11:04:36 +0000

Add my name – Chloe Minish, QUBSU Student Council 2010 – 2013

Really disappointed Council supported the President in this

Comment on SUs, NUS and the Student Movement by Charley

Charley — Sun, 12 May 2013 21:30:05 +0000

Given that there are more FE than HE student’s in the country should there not at least be parity in your suggested committee if not more FE students? For us to present a real challenge to NUS we need to remember what NUS forgets far too often. That FE students exist, that we need representing and that we need an organisation that values and supports us at the core rather than merely including us as an afterthought.

Comment on Open letter: Solidarity with Aisling Gallagher! by Emma Campbell

Emma Campbell — Sun, 12 May 2013 21:15:38 +0000

this is just another way of silencing women. Please add my support.

Comment on Open letter: Solidarity with Aisling Gallagher! by Caitriona Mullan

Caitriona Mullan — Sun, 12 May 2013 20:49:46 +0000

Echoing Lisa Fitzpatrick. This makes me wonder what the hell has happened since the early 1990s when students all over Ireland and UK marched and acted in solidarity with the TCD Students’ Union against whom a receiver had been appointed for massive costs awarded against them in a civil action for supporting a woman’s right to choose. It is particularly worrying that women students in QUB are clearly rated by the leadership of the SU there as second-class citizens to the point where the QUBSU leadership clearly has no fear about attempting to assault freedom of conscience. Worrying enough that they did it, but even more scary that they didn’t think there was anything wrong with it. Ironic that 20 years ago a move like that by a male or female student leader would have been considered political suicide. Sounds like that element of student politics which Mr O’Neill represents bought a return ticket to the dark ages. Just depressing that this kind of leadership is supposed to represent NI’s brightest and best. Just when do people stop putting their political survival ahead of democratic integrity and the right of the individual to freedom of conscience?