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Image Description: The Oxford Union main building The Returning Officer for the Oxford Union has announced there shall be no declaration of results and has referred the issue to an Election Tribunal. This news comes after Union members previously voted to re-open nominations in the election for President-Elect of the Union on the 12th June. […]
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I’m not a member of the Oxford Union. And I’m proud of that. As a naïve freshling, I certainly toyed with the idea of joining the Union. The illustrious halls, inspiring speakers, and the reputation which seems to precede this institution almost inspired me. But, in the end, I decided that I had better things […]
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Image Description: The Oxford Union main building An open letter, which was released today, condemns an Oxford Union election candidate who invoked the George Floyd protests in America when imploring union members to register to vote. The member was running in this term’s Union elections as a part of the Elevate slate. The candidate, who […]
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Jeb Bush told the Oxford Union President he was ‘out of therapy’ for the 2016 US Presidential election campaign in a podcast interview. When asked about his experience running for President in 2016, a contest in which the eventual Republican nominee, Donald Trump, repeatedly belittled the former Governor of Florida as ‘Low Energy Jeb’, he […]
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Image Description: U.S Secretary of State John Kerry speaks with Oxford Union President Robert Harris before delivering an address to Union members on 11 May 2016. The Oxford Union has come a long way from the all white, all male debating club that it once was. Now, the Union plays host to a Spotify podcast […]
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Image description:a black flag and three arrows symbol graffitied onto the entrance of the Oxford Union with black spray paint A black flag and a three arrows symbol, both widely associated with anarchist and antifascist movements, were on prominent view besides the main entrance to the Union’s Frewin Court as of the beginning of the […]
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On 15th November, Theresa May spoke at the Union after much anticipation within the Oxford community. Rumours of her appearance had been circulating throughout Michaelmas term, and was confirmed well ahead of the event itself. May resigned as Prime Minister on 24th July this year, but her political legacy, primarily involving matters of Brexit, ensured […]
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Pressure continues to mount on the Oxford Union as the University of Oxford announced their support for suspended member Ebenezer Azamati on Twitter. A tweet posted at 1.48pm today read: “We share the widespread outrage regarding the unacceptable treatment of Ebenezer Azamati, a member of our University community, at the Oxford Union. Ebenezer’s college and […]
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Over a hundred demonstrators responded to Oxford University Africa Society’s call to protest the Oxford Union’s treatment of suspended member Ebenezer Azamati yesterday evening. WATCH: Protesters on Cornmarket demand Union president resign AfriSoc launched the campaign after a Union disciplinary committee suspended the membership of Azamati, who is blind, for “violent conduct”. This related to […]
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“Our main aim is to help Oxford disagree better”. Maya Thomas on the founding of Oxford Society for Free Discourse and free speech issues in Oxford. So, how did you start the Oxford Society for Free Discourse? When I first came to university as an ideologically confused fresher, was very excited to have discussions with […]
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Shortly before the start of 1st week’s No Confidence debate at The Oxford Union, for which the debate chamber was packed full, a dispute between Union staff and a blind member of the audience broke out. The altercation resulted in the man being removed from the chamber before the debate, despite his outcries to the […]
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The Oxford Union has announced part of their termcard, with speakers including some controversial names. One of these is Candace Owens, former communications director of Turning Point USA, a conservative advocacy group in America which has made headlines fol-lowing accusations of racism. Owens had previously caused controversy in a debate about the use of the […]
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An Oxford Union Access Officer, Beth Chamberlain, resigned her position on 12 July, condemning the society as “full of pseudo-politicos and sycophants” and having been left feeling “abused and taken advantage of” by colleagues and friends on committee in her letter of resignation, obtained by The Oxford Student. To read her full letter, click here. In […]
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An Oxford Union election tribunal has found two candidates in the society’s elections guilty of electoral malpractice. The ‘Rise’ slate’s candidates for Secretary; Lee Chin Wee, and its intended candidate for Librarian; Ayman D’Souza, who had seemingly by accident nominated for Treasurer, were found guilty of hindering the duties of the Returning Officer and communicating […]
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Image Description: Former US Secretary of State Kerry delivers an address to the Oxford Union Shhh! Can you hear it? The air is abuzz with a sound, a feeling, a vibe. Phones ding with messenger message requests, coffee shops hum with various forms of hackery, imperative verbs start clogging your Facebook feed – the Union […]
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A motion to boycott the Oxford Union’s future events just passed in the Wadham Student Union during their weekly meeting. The motion was proposed by Wadham student Joe Lovell-McNamee and seconded by Hugo Raine, both active members of the ‘Boycott the Oxford Union Campaign.’ This was proposed in solidarity with the campaign’s efforts sparked by […]
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The Oxford University Labour Club (OULC) has voted to boycott the appearance of Ambassador John R. Bolton at the Oxford Union. President Trump’s National Security Advisor is set to deliver a talk at the Union on 1st June. The OULC cited Bolton’s involvement in the lies spread about weapons of mass destruction leading up to […]
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Image description: Steve Bannon, former White House Chief Strategist and executive chairman of Breitbart News In the wake of the recent anti-fascism protests outside the Oxford Union in response to the invitation extended to Katie Hopkins to speak, the topic on the validity of the use of ‘no-platforming’ has come to the forefront of political […]
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Image Description: Protesters outside the Oxford Union during Hopkins’ debate. I was planning to write this week’s column about tax avoidance, the ancient legal concept of the trust, and how it is used to keep money away from the tax man. Then Katie Hopkins turned up, and it seemed silly not to talk about freedom of […]
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