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Leftwingers decry the ‘total lack of transparency’ in the NUS
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LEFTWINGERS condemned a “total lack of transparency” in the National Union of Students (NUS) today, as the organisation’s annual conference came to a close.

The three-day gathering saw the re-election of a number of candidates backed by the organised right wing of the NUS, including incumbent president Shakira Martin.

 

We are currently occupying the stage at conference, we will not be silenced, our national union needs to hear us and represent us! Pregnant people in Ireland deserve the right to bodily autonomy and we will not stop till we are heard ✊ #NUSNC18 #NUSConference pic.twitter.com/PAUn9RAaop

— Project Choice QUBSU (@QUProjectChoice) March 28, 2018
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