Clare Solomon "Student Protest unofficial Leader" Interview.
Clare Solomon "Student Protest unofficial Leader" Interview.
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Du1point8

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22,938 posts

222 months

Tuesday 22nd March 2011
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Spotted this on a FB profile going mental at her for her being a disgrace to students and thought I would share.

She was the unofficial leader of the student protests in london, She went for the ULU (University of London Union) Presidency and lost:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2011/mar/19/...

She now blames everyone and anyone and is on a warpath for next week:

After Thursday's election defeat we talk on the phone. She says there was a right-wing alliance against her (for her, right-wing means Labour as well as Lib Dem and Tory, who all came together against her). She is gutted, but insists that she has a degree to go back to, and "this is the just the beginning – it is not the end. The movement isn't about me – it's about all those students who have protested about the government's plans. It is all about 26 March now. It's not just about education – it's about what sort of society do we want?"

She says its a defeat for the students, but surely it was the students who voted her out???

Oh and she was the one that said this:

"The view that Jews have been persecuted all throughout history is one that has been fabricated in the last 100 or so years to justify the persecution of Palestinians."

At least now my tv will survive another question time if she isnt on it.

Bing o

15,184 posts

249 months

Tuesday 22nd March 2011
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How very PH:

"Solomon lives in an enviable location, on the sixth floor of the Oxo Tower in London"

Puggit

49,821 posts

278 months

Tuesday 22nd March 2011
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I've heard her interviewed on R5 before - complete waste of oxygen, and very dangerous views. She refused to condemn the violence in previous demonstrations.

Miguel Alvarez

5,182 posts

200 months

Tuesday 22nd March 2011
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Had to google her. She's a loon.

MX7

7,902 posts

204 months

Tuesday 22nd March 2011
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Not very nice, is she.

Skipppy

1,136 posts

240 months

Tuesday 22nd March 2011
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So, is it going to kick off this weekend?

JMGS4

8,932 posts

300 months

Tuesday 22nd March 2011
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Should be culled, along with Livingscum.... absolutely loathsome individual. Perhaps she'd appreciate having her windows smashed and spray painted by a bunch of yobs???

tinman0

18,231 posts

270 months

Tuesday 22nd March 2011
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guardian said:
37 year old single mum


Less make up poppet.

(and get over the 80s ffs).

fido

18,918 posts

285 months

Tuesday 22nd March 2011
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JMGS4 said:
Should be culled, along with Livingscum.... absolutely loathsome individual. Perhaps she'd appreciate having her windows smashed and spray painted by a bunch of yobs???
That's unfair to Livingstone. Whilst i don't agree with his politics, i don't think he's a bad person per se (and he is vaguely bearable on LBC radio). This woman is dangerous .. so far to the left she is actually right.

hairykrishna

14,528 posts

233 months

Tuesday 22nd March 2011
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What a stupid cow. She lost the election, even the students don't want her and she's doing their cause no favours. I bet the vast majority wish she'd shut up and fk off.

Oakey

27,984 posts

246 months

Tuesday 22nd March 2011
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Bing o said:
How very PH:

"Solomon lives in an enviable location, on the sixth floor of the Oxo Tower in London"
A council flat apparently.

tinman0

18,231 posts

270 months

Tuesday 22nd March 2011
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fido said:
JMGS4 said:
Should be culled, along with Livingscum.... absolutely loathsome individual. Perhaps she'd appreciate having her windows smashed and spray painted by a bunch of yobs???
That's unfair to Livingstone. Whilst i don't agree with his politics, i don't think he's a bad person per se (and he is vaguely bearable on LBC radio). This woman is dangerous .. so far to the left she is actually right.
Livingscum? Not a bad person? A good indicator of the type of person is the company he keeps.

cornishgirl

1,692 posts

222 months

Tuesday 22nd March 2011
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I read the article and was amazed that the press bothered to interview such a silly woman.....

"Though part of the issue is inarticulacy – she is up-front about her difficulties with words – she has cause to be worried."

and

"n her mid-20s, with her husband, and money from the Prince's Trust and local government, she set up a cafe called the Char Bar,"

and

"...finds the discipline of essay-writing a challenge. She is currently on a sabbatical."

This is a university student? yikes

Makes my one GCSE look rather good!!!

Miguel Alvarez

5,182 posts

200 months

Tuesday 22nd March 2011
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I think that's the crux of it. She doesn't want to live in the real world but wants us to pay for it all.

tinman0

18,231 posts

270 months

Tuesday 22nd March 2011
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Oakey said:
Bing o said:
How very PH:

"Solomon lives in an enviable location, on the sixth floor of the Oxo Tower in London"
A council flat apparently.
Wish I had a council flat in the Oxo Tower complex on the bank of the Thames in central London, surrounded by multi million pound properties.

Gees, what a pisstake. Seriously, what is the point of working in this country? Hell, why bother when some fk up of a student who has screwed up her life, gets such a reward. No wonder she's anti Tory, because with any luck she'll be looking for a home that is more in line with her wealth soon.



Brighton Derly

597 posts

189 months

Tuesday 22nd March 2011
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Cretin said:
"I … " she says, thinking hard, "I want a world where … people have a say in the everyday running of their lives."
Someone else runs my life? News to me.

Oakey

27,984 posts

246 months

Tuesday 22nd March 2011
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tinman0 said:
Wish I had a council flat in the Oxo Tower complex on the bank of the Thames in central London, surrounded by multi million pound properties.

Gees, what a pisstake. Seriously, what is the point of working in this country? Hell, why bother when some fk up of a student who has screwed up her life, gets such a reward. No wonder she's anti Tory, because with any luck she'll be looking for a home that is more in line with her wealth soon.
'Modest', aren't they, these socialists?

br d

9,072 posts

256 months

Tuesday 22nd March 2011
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I love the way the article makes her Newsnight appearance sound like a triumph, I watched it and she came across as a complete idiot.

Tsippy

15,078 posts

199 months

Tuesday 22nd March 2011
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cornishgirl said:
This is a university student? yikes

Makes my one GCSE look rather good!!!
You do not require any intelligence to become a student. When I was at Uni, there was a young man who was mentally challenged to the point where he struggled with reading, writing, listening and speech. He had an assistant who did the work 'with him'. I helped him quite often too, and did consider him a friend, however he'd have struggled with an 11+ exam to be honest.

Unfortunately, the standards of University have dropped hell of a lot and anyone is able to go, but the public perception remains that a Uni student is some sort of intellectual elite.

james_gt3rs

4,816 posts

221 months

Tuesday 22nd March 2011
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Tsippy said:
You do not require any intelligence to become a student. When I was at Uni, there was a young man who was mentally challenged to the point where he struggled with reading, writing, listening and speech. He had an assistant who did the work 'with him'. I helped him quite often too, and did consider him a friend, however he'd have struggled with an 11+ exam to be honest.

Unfortunately, the standards of University have dropped hell of a lot and anyone is able to go, but the public perception remains that a Uni student is some sort of intellectual elite.
This doesn't apply to all courses though.