In the run-up to the Guild elections Redbrick lends a double page spread to the multitude of candidates. The Conservatives running for positions, the Clean Slaters, are mentioned. Now known as the ‘Slates’, the Conservative Future members created a storm in tea cup at the end of last week with their campaign to reach beyond the Guild. There are 17 positions available, some more spurious than others.
In the letters section, a disagreeable student writes in reminding us that Travel West Midlands has invested millions in a fleet of state of the art buses. Unfortunately, the student fails to mention that although the buses look nicer they still attract some of the most unpleasant people in the city. Most car users do not feel safe on buses and would rather the convenience of taking the car. Frankly I don’t blame them.
Syreeta Cumberbatch is going to Barcelona. She concludes that things that happen have probably been going on for some time and do not mean the end of the world. She advises us to keep things in their context, and thinks that it’s all the media’s fault!
We learn also that the University is celebrating ‘Fair Trade fortnight’, where we can all feel very smug while putting a brake on economic development in the third world and protecting our own economic interests.
