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Image description: caricature showing Angela Merkel The current German election campaign is not proceeding in a very Germanic way. There is a fluidity, an unpredictability, a volatility to this election campaign, where neither Armin Laschet (CDU), Annalena Baerbock (Alliance 90/The Greens), or Olaf Scholz (SPD) are inspiring much confidence or certainty in Germans. It is […]
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Image Description: University Parks Michael O’Connor, a 1st year BPhil student at Balliol College, has been elected as Labour Councillor for the University Parks ward in the Oxfordshire County Council elections that took place on 6th May 2021. University Parks is a central Oxford division, covering the majority of Oxford University Colleges and some residential […]
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Image Description: brown brick buildings near trees and flowers during daytime On the 6th May 2021, local elections will be held across the UK. These include elections for local and regional mayors, police and crime commissioners, certain local councils in England, and devolved powers such as the Scottish and Welsh Parliaments and London Assembly. There […]
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Image Description: A group shot of Oxford Union members with all faces replaced with Jackie Weaver Reader, the close of Hilary term has seen some fiery elections, and quick resignations, however, there are many elections still to be won, and yet to be fought! African and Caribbean Society presidential elections have recently concluded and saw […]
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Pembroke JCR will have a confidence vote in their JCR committee at the first general meeting of Hilary term, after five committee members were disciplined for breaking COVID-19 rules. In a letter sent to all JCR members and seen by The Oxford Student, the JCR President explained that several committee members had faced disciplinary action […]
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As the dust of the US presidential election settles and the clearing of the debris begins, it’s time we pay attention to the hundreds of other celebrations awaiting their turn. For Biden and Trump were far from the only candidates on the ballot. Following what has otherwise been a bleak and dark year, a record number of LGBTQ+ […]
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Image Description: White text “The Oxford Union Presidential Candidates” on a dark blue background with a photo of Adam and a photo of Geneva. In the run-up to the Union elections tomorrow, Profile Editor Isaac Healey sat down with both candidates for President, Adam Roble and Geneva Roy, to find out their thoughts about, and […]
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Though time may seem like a meaningless blur in lockdown, sources have confirmed to the OxStu that it is really seventh week. Yes, really. No, we aren’t lying: you have almost made it. To get you through this final push before Oxmas with a few well-curated chuckles is our news and mountain rescue correspondant, Rordon […]
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30 years ago, the BBC were so concerned that Gerry Adams’ sexy Irish lilt would lure unsuspecting viewers to his message that they decided to dub his voice as a precaution. Today his successor, Mary-Lou McDonald, undubbed and not-quite-so-sexy, has managed to do just what the BBC sought to avoid – recruit en masse to […]
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Image description: Vince Cable, leader of the Liberal Democrats Famously dubbed the biggest electoral event that would definitely happen this year, the local elections have attracted a surprising homogeneity among the commentariat and wider media. “The Liberal Democrats are back.” I don’t know for how many hours I saw this spattered across Twitter in smug, […]
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Image description: Vox signpost Last Sunday (29th April) saw Spain’s third general election since late 2015 and the previously incumbent majority party – the Socialists (Partido Socialista Obrero Español, or PSOE) – came out on top. This is all the more surprising for the circumstances under which this call to the ballot box took place. […]
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Image Description: Leicester town hall, one of the mayoralties contested in the election The 2019 UK local elections have presented voters, election-watchers and newspaper pundits with an interesting set of results to pore over: from over 248 councils electing councillors on Thursday, the Conservatives have lost over 1200 councillors, with the main beneficiaries being the […]
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Oxford students were urged this week to register to vote in EU elections. In partnership with the SU, Vote For Your Future, a cross-party campaign, are urging students to register to vote in the upcoming EU elections. Students are encouraged to post a photo of their voter registration confirmation in the group, and the college […]
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Image description: Pete Buttigieg on a rainbow background. In current polling for the democratic presidential primary, three names stand at the top. The first two, Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders, have a natural advantage in this crowded race, having pre-established national profiles and near universal name recognition. The third, however, is a surprise. Unlike most of […]
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Image description: sitting president Muhammadu Buhari Last week, millions of Nigerians made their way from across the country to vote in the election scheduled for Saturday 16th February, only to be informed, a mere five hours before the polls were set to open, that it has been postponed by a week. This is not the first […]
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After a tense meeting on 5th February, the Oxford University Labour Club endorsed Anisha Faruk for President of the Oxford Student Union with 18 gender-weighted votes against 15 for competitor Ivy Manning. 1 vote was cast for Ellie Milne-Brown. The vote was closer than many expected, given that Anisha had served as co-chair of the […]
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Elections for the Oxford SU are now upon us. We sat down and spoke to the candidates for the top job to learn more about their platform before the hacking well and truly gets underway. Hustings will take place in the SU on 4 Worcestor Street at 17:00 on Monday 4th Feb. The event will […]
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Image Credit: Newprogressive, Mtcv, OpenStreetMap contributors The Local Government Boundary Commission for England has recently revealed its draft plans for changes to council wards in Oxfordshire. The plans come as part of a wider review of electoral boundaries across the country, which aim to ensure that all areas of the country are equally represented. The Head of […]
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Note: the article that follows is a work of satire, and therefore should not be taken as factual First year Earth Scientist and members of the Oxford Union, Samantha McGregor, Worcester College, voted in the Oxford Union in Friday’s elections based on a careful reading of the manifestos of the various candidates, and, after […]
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