MR JIM MURPHY AND THE NATIONAL UNION OF STUDENTS
- Session: 1995-96
- Date tabled: 12.06.1996
- Primary sponsor: Livingstone, Ken
- Sponsors:
That this House condemns the intolerant and dictatorial
behaviour of the President of the National Union of Students, Mr Jim Murphy,
who has unconstitutionally suspended NUS Vice President, Clive Lewis, because
he took part, in a personal capacity, in an open debate at Queen Mary and
Westfield College on the issues raised by the Campaign for Free Education;
further notes that along with President Elect, Douglas Trainer, both men have
warned NUS Executive member, Rose Woods, that if she attends the Scottish
launch of the Campaign for Free Education she too will be suspended from the
NUS Executive; reminds Mr Murphy and Mr Trainer that freedom of speech is a
right in the United Kingdom, that they have no power to overturn the results of
elections that went against their preferred candidates and that, whilst these
methods are a common practice in dictatorships around the world, they are not
acceptable behaviour from someone such as Mr Murphy who is putting himself
forward as suitable for election to the House of Commons.
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Interestingly Alex Salmond, MP for Banff and Buchan wanted to add "as a Labour MP" to the end of the motion and proposed an amendment to that effect.
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| Bravo. |
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| Seems like an evil little bucket of manure, doesn't he? Think that Eton Dave must be putty in his hands. |
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| So, no wonder Patrick looked like this when daft wee Ruthie started burbling on about Putin invading Scotland and then talked bullshit about the size of the British Forces. They may be buying hundreds of armoured cars, but they don't have any drivers. Almost as daft as building aircraft carriers when you don't have any aircraft and who'd do anything that bloody daft...? |
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| You gotta give the Brits credit. They are consistent. They will keep on starving the lower orders until there are only just enough to serve champagne and canapés to their betters. |
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| Don't know where they are going to be working. There are no oil fields left. |
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| Dave... yer patter's boufie mate. We stopped believing a word you said 5 years ago |
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| Ahhh, the British establishment. As ever unaware of the situation outside of a few select gentlemen's clubs in Pall Mall. |
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| The Libations made it to the charts But it seems that both they and the Proclaimers may be having problems getting airplay. I wonder why. So we have to do it ourselves. The BBC establishment will probably play Vera Lynn's White Cliffs of Dover. If you know someone who doesn't have Caledonia or Cap in Hand, persuade them to buy them. It's not expensive and it will make a difference. Remember the Proclaimers donated to the YES campaign and the Libations to food banks. |
