OUSU in toilet
We were expecting Roy Jenkins to be on the front page as well. As Oxford still mourns the great man, maybe it seems tasteless that we decided to go with OUSU instead.
Particularly a story which, on the surface, doesn't sound that exciting. Like everyone else, the 'Stu doesn't give a toss about who gains the coveted twelth position as a Council Delegate. (No offence to James Cloyne).
But this is not just another story about hacks. It's not the same old crap (pun intended) about candidates trying to get one over on each other by claiming that the other side cheated.
This is a story about an actual election result which may have been declared inaccurately. And about the fact that this might have been covered up.
We do not claim for a second that the officials involved were actually trying to fix the election. It is, however, worryingly indicative of the state of our students union, that rather than own up when a cock-up of this type occurs, instead a code of Omerta immediately takes effect.
If this is the way in which they react to an incorrect distribution of STV, who knows how they'd behave when the shit really hits the fan.
9th Jan 2003