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NUS CONFERENCE: STREETING ELECTED PRESIDENT
It has just been announced that Labour Students Wes Streeting has been elected as President of NUS, receiving 496 of the 962 votes cast. After yesterday’s shock rejection of NUS’ governance proposals, some observers thought another surprise could be on the cards. However, as expected, Streeting won by a very comfortable margin, with Ciaran Norris receiving 376 and no other challengers in sight.
Streeting said his convincing margin showed the majority of students were eager for change. He commented “I had a clear agenda as a National President: Leading a reformed NUS that is representative, relevant and more focused on influencing the debate and students than shouting from the sidelines and having doors slammed in our face”. He also sent out a strong message to his opponents on the extreme left saying “Every single year you boo me, I couldn’t care less. Bring it on!”
In other news, controversy has continued to surround conference, now in Day 2, as police moved in to close down a stall outside conference floor. The stall, being run by the General Union of Palestinian Students, was allegedly distributing anti-semitic leaflets.
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