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Mr Jim Murphy And The National Union Of Students

EDM number 991 in 1995-96, proposed by Ken Livingstone on 12/06/1996.

That this House condemns the intolerant and dictatorial behaviour of the President of the National Union of Students, Mr Jim Murphy, who has unconstitutionally suspended NUS Vice President, Clive Lewis, because he took part, in a personal capacity, in an open debate at Queen Mary and Westfield College on the issues raised by the Campaign for Free Education; further notes that along with President Elect, Douglas Trainer, both men have warned NUS Executive member, Rose Woods, that if she attends the Scottish launch of the Campaign for Free Education she too will be suspended from the NUS Executive; reminds Mr Murphy and Mr Trainer that freedom of speech is a right in the United Kingdom, that they have no power to overturn the results of elections that went against their preferred candidates and that, whilst these methods are a common practice in dictatorships around the world, they are not acceptable behaviour from someone such as Mr Murphy who is putting himself forward as suitable for election to the House of Commons.

This motion has been signed by a total of 17 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Ken Livingstone12/06/1996Brent EastProposed
Alan Simpson12/06/1996Nottingham SouthSigned
Dennis Skinner12/06/1996BolsoverSigned
Lynne Jones12/06/1996Birmingham, Selly OakSigned
Alice Mahon12/06/1996HalifaxSigned
Neil Gerrard12/06/1996WalthamstowSigned
Tony Benn12/06/1996ChesterfieldSigned
Audrey Wise12/06/1996PrestonSigned
Harry Barnes13/06/1996North East DerbyshireSigned
Llew Smith18/06/1996Blaenau GwentSigned
Bill Etherington18/06/1996Sunderland NorthSigned
Mildred Gordon18/06/1996Bow and PoplarSigned
Michael Clapham19/06/1996Barnsley West & PenistoneSigned
Jeremy Corbyn19/06/1996Islington NorthSigned
Harry Cohen20/06/1996LeytonSigned
Martin Redmond24/06/1996Don ValleySigned
Eddie Loyden27/06/1996Liverpool, GarstonSigned

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