Election Liveblog

The polls are closed, and we’ll know the results of the Scottish parliament elections, and whether or not Westminister has a different shitey voting system (SO EXCITING!) by Friday morning.  SSY teams will be bringing you amazing liveblogging from the Glasgow and North East counts, with extra reporting from SSY’s secret underground complex. But this [...]

Taliban more popular than Lib Dems, polling shows.

As the Lib Dems prepare for their first election – a by-election in Oldham – since they jumped in bed wi the Tories, it’s looking likely that not only will they not be able to win the seat, but they will be crushed at the polls. Even David Cameron has felt some sympathy for the [...]

Told ye so, Harry Potter.

According to THIS article on DigitalSpy.co.uk, Daniel Radcliffe, A.K.A Harry Potter reveals that he has ‘lost faith’ in the Liberal Democrats in the wake of the tuition fees disaster caused by the coalition government. It’s the fault of people like Radcliffe and other cunts in the public eye is that they can vote in whatever [...]

A message to Colin Firth

Colin Firth was one of many high profile supporters that came out to back the Lib Dems prior to the election earlier this year. He has now confirmed that his no longer supports the party, saying: I think it is profoundly disillusioning if you are a student who registered to vote simply because of what [...]

See all those people fawning over Nick Clegg before the election? He paid them.

Some of you may remember earlier this year, SSY members chased Nick Clegg out of Glasgow when he turned up in our local community centre. We had found out about Clegg’s public meeting literally half an hour before it began, and were most perplexed about how he managed to fill the Woodside Halls with people [...]

"You said we could stop them Sergeant! Can we fuck!"

SSY apologises for the sweary word in the title, but the above quote was taken from a panicky (hard to say which one tbh) Polis at the demo against tuition fees today arguing wi fellow officers over who was responsible for the titanic fuck up that was the vague attempt at maintaining control over streets [...]

Lib Dems are literally shitting their pants.

Less than six weeks ago, we reported that the Vince Cable, Business Secretary and Lib Dem member of the Tory Cabinet, had cancelled a visit to Oxford because he couldn’t face the wrath of the student protesters waiting to face him there, and confront him about his, and his party’s, role in the government’s attacks [...]

Will the real Michael Crockart please stand up?

Yes, yes, Conservative MP and Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt was called a cunt on radio today not once but twice and it was hilarious. But that’s not nearly the funniest political madness that’s been on the radio waves today, oh no. Michael Crockart, Lib Dem MP for Edinburgh West and parliamentary private secretary to Scottish [...]

Urgent: Nick Clegg coming to Edinburgh TODAY

The inspiring Edinburgh University Occupation has confirmed that his highness Nicholas Cleggerton will be attempting a press conference this afternoon at 3:10 at Our Dynamic Earth, Hollyrood. This should be the climax of what is to be a day of student activism, starting at 1130 at bristo square, involving marches, direct action and hopefully snowballs. [...]

It's official: students in England face £9,000 annual fees

If last month’s Browne Review was the warning shot, today’s announcement that the government intend to treble the cap on fees for higher education in England to an astounding £9,000 a year, is the declaration of war. All universities will be able to charge up to £6,000 a year, double the current rate of £3,290. However, [...]

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