• Jack Taylor: Why this should be the last SU election

    Winston Churchill famously said that democracy is the worst form of government, except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time. And so it proved with the SU elections. With a little under 8000 votes cast in this year’s elections, a turnout of just 23.2%,...
  • Are the SU leader elections just a massive popularity contest?

    The answer is probably yes. Most of those who win tend to be previous Week 1 and Karni reps – those who we recognise as being all-round BNOCs. However, this isn’t necessarily something we should fight against. These candidates will have the experience of being responsible for large numbers...