The State of Student Politics: The NUS

Following on from my previous article where I pinned the blame on the sorry state of student politics on Student Unions, It's now come to my attention that there's another major factor in the shitty atmosphere surrounding university campuses. I still hold a lot of the blame on the individual Student Unions, who still have power over students and convince themselves there pathetic actions are for the benefit of the majority, but in reality they have thankfully very little power in comparison to the NUS. I have since felt a little sympathy for the Student Unions when the example they are given by the universal student political group is arguably even worse. Head of the whole thing is the controversial Malia Bouattia, who is the prime age to speak for the feelings of students at 29 years old. Somehow this supposed inclusive and left wing political movement in 21st century Britain managed to elect somebody who claimed that Birmingham, which has a declining Jewish population of just 0.21%, is supposedly a 'zionist led outpost'. As you can see from that outrageously biased piece of shit she called journalism this woman who's almost in her 30's seems to think everything is a conspiracy from people she calls 'zionists'. She even goes as far as to call for violence against Israel, which is a disgusting attitude to be shoving down students throats when the NUS are supposedly based around the idea of inclusivity. Hypocrisy seems to be the agenda for the NUS, and not surprisingly the effects of this have been ludicrous.

 
Politics I know is a complex matter, but this is an organisation supposing to aid all students. How then do they find it acceptable to discriminate and actively repeal certain members of society that are seen to disagree with their left wing ideology? This banning culture has become so bad that now everything that's seen as offensive or disagreeable is instantly censored without even a second thought of whether to debate the issue like open minded adults. There appears to be no logic behind this banning culture, only apparently to silence any rational arguments that might actually open student minds. As a result of this one sided and oppressive system students, despite technically being adults in an advanced institute of academic achievement, are now not allowed to clap their hands during conferences because it's triggering anxiety. I mean why draw the line there? Fuck it, ban talking or how about just people full stop, as they also have the risk of triggering anxiety. It's clear that nobody has drawn the line here, and not surprisingly this idiocy has cascaded into individual universities who have banned cross dressing, which is amazing since I thought student politicians were all over the idea that possessions shouldn't be gendered. Sombreros have also been banned at one university, as has the social media app 'Yik Yak', poledancing, and most bizarrely raising your hands.

But here's the one in my opinion that honestly defies all logic and understanding. For some reason the Bradford branch of the NUS put forward the motion that Britain should abolish prisons. No seriously, they did. First of all how much fucking power do you think the NUS has that they think they can take on the British legal system? And secondly why the fuck are student political movements making issues out of this absurd idea? One of the reasons why prisons should be abolished is apparently "because prisons are sexist and racist". There is no explanation or evidence provided for this very generalised point, just raw statistics, with such moronic conclusions that prisons don't work because 59% of people reoffend. I would argue that that is proof that prisons do work considering the 59% statistic is far more appealing than the 100% of people reoffending if you don't punish crimes. Do the NUS offer any viable alternatives to address this huge gap in the legal system? No of course not, they just love banning things that offend their childish feelings. The rash accusation that prisons are racist is also unfounded considering that the black population in Britain is disproportionate to the number of black criminals, so really they've got no causative evidence to conclude that prisons are racist in practise. I don't know what the message is meant to be here, but I'm getting a whiff of 'we're desperate to prove we're the oppressed class'. I hate that instead of trying to campaign for better conditions in prisons they instead decide that the radical solution of plainly banning them would be more effective, and to be honest that's the pattern we've been seeing from every NUS affiliate. When the fuck will these morons learn than banning everything will never get you anywhere, only serving to taint the reputation of many level headed student politicians who just want a fairer world for the student population. The NUS have already banned anything remotely sexual towards women on campus, yet we're repeatedly told that university campuses are hotbeds for rape and sexual assault, which is obviously proof that this isn't working on any level. and to be honest there's I've got no explanation for this moronic behaviour.

So yeah fuck the NUS. This banning epidemic symbolises everything wrong with student politics at the moment, with political movements parading around like tyrants drunk on power and electing morons into positions that they clearly shouldn't be anywhere near. There's no evidence that this radical censorship is working considering the NUS have already banned anything remotely sexual towards women on campuses, yet we're repeatedly told that university campuses are hotbeds for rape and sexual assault, so really is this system working on any level? As a student myself I have no explanation for the moronic actions that have been displayed throughout this article, and in reality this system makes a mockery of the brilliant concept of democracy, and the quicker there's a change from this oppressive and discriminatory regime the better university campuses will be for the majority of students.