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Introducing the new NUS president – who wouldn’t condemn Isis

Students have been getting a bad rep of late. Whether it’s safe space advocates proposing motions to ban free speech societies or equality officers tweeting ‘kill all white men’, the mood on campus has changed dramatically in the past five years. So, will this change with the election of a new National Union of Students president? It’s not looking all that likely following today’s news that Malia Bouattia has been elected as NUS president — to the delight of Cage, the Islamic-focussed advocacy organisation.

To introduce readers to Bouattia’s politics, Mr S has compiled a three-point guide:

1 – Bouattia is not a fan of ‘mainstream Zionist-led media outlets’

In 2011, Bouatti called Birmingham University ‘a Zionist outpost in British higher education’ in a co-authored article to time with Israeli Apartheid Week.

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