NUS Conference 2008

Well comrades I am writing this blog at a rather late hour. Why? Because for the last five days I and other dedicated Manchester Labour Students lived, breathed and sometimes had a little sleep in Blackpool. We were there as delegates from UMSUS and MMUnion and to campaign hard to elect Labour Students to the NEC.

And I have to tell you that we won! We and so many Labour Students from across the UK played our part in helping to elect Wes Streeting to National President. Wes is the first Labour Student to win the position in a number of years and won with a convincing share of the vote.

Also we elected three Labour Students to the Block of 12. Ed Marsh, Susan Nash and Hollie Williams were elected.

In policy debates so many good progressive motions were carried overwhelmingly by Conference floor. However in one major upset we lost the ratification on the Governance Review. I was gutted to see the proposals blocked but waking up the next day to campaign and elect a National President, pass progressive policy and elect a quarter of the block ensured that things got so much better after that setback.

What an intense, emotional and exciting week. What a time to be a Labour Student. What a time for you to join and get active in our local election campaigning this month and all the way til May 1st.