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Students have to decide whether Grace should lose her job for hitting Dan Taylor
Monday, 4th February 2008
With voting now open until Thursday, we asked students on campus what they think about the motion of no confidence against Grace Fletcher-Hackwood.

Videocast co-produced by Amy Clewes, Jenny Wotherspoon, Sam Garrett and Jo Shelley

 

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#1 Myles Preston - Tue, 5th Feb 2008 2:38am

Hats off to John Lewis. He truly represents the people.

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#2 Anonymous - Tue, 5th Feb 2008 6:57am

The Yorker poll does not suggest so, nor does the result of the UGM. It's all pretty 'anti-Dan' and it says much about '4 members' on the York populus. She hit a student, whoever he was and I think his campaign has been the less personal of the 2.

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#3 Anonymous - Tue, 5th Feb 2008 7:58am

Not personal???

Daniel D Taylor (London) wrote
at 9:01pm on February 1st, 2008

Get EVERYONE voting for the motion of no-confidence you possibly can. Drag them to their computers, do whatever it takes. This is our chance to get her! xxx

http://yorkuk.facebook.com/profile.php?id=222306279

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#4 Myles Preston - Tue, 5th Feb 2008 11:29am

I stand by my view. John Lewis is the most influential man on campus.

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#5 Anonymous - Tue, 5th Feb 2008 4:36pm

John Lewis makes me giggle. Grace should be rebuked, it's just a shame she didn't hit him harder, or drive into him in a lorry.

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#6 Dan Taylor - Tue, 5th Feb 2008 5:50pm

You guys have changed my vote. It has been the people supporting Grace because of who she did it to and I think that's wrong. Your personal attacks don't wash and you've just lost a voter. And why don't people reveal themselves on this? It's a bit cowardly saying they should have hit this Taylor harder, so why don't you do it?

Dave Hutton

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#7 Matt Greenaway - Tue, 5th Feb 2008 8:47pm

6 - you're voting for no confidence because a couple of people with no apperent links to Grace are attacking Dan? :/

If I start posting anonymously and insulting Grace, will you switch back?

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#8 Myles Preston - Tue, 5th Feb 2008 9:28pm

I'm voting for John Lewis.

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#9 Dan Taylor - Tue, 5th Feb 2008 10:18pm

No the personal nature of this campaign seems to make it acceptable the Grace hit Dan Taylor. I do not believe this is true. I happen to like Dan and I have met him (which says a lot for those who make judgements on him based on what they have 'heard') but this is not an issue- as I have said, I though originally he over-reacted but seeing the defence of people voting against the motion, I see they have no other argument of defence other than it was Taylor. I don't accept this nor do many people in the uni, whatever the Yorker 'podcast' comprising of the views of 4 people might say.

Dave Hutton

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#10 Anonymous - Tue, 5th Feb 2008 10:34pm

I nominate John Lewis for Male Welfare on Women's Committee!
John Lewis for all!

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#11 Anonymous - Tue, 5th Feb 2008 10:36pm

I heard that Sam Garrett was a nancy liberal hippy, and his sole aim was to produce a videocast to undermine Taylor and his glorious Tory policies?

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#12 Myles Preston - Wed, 6th Feb 2008 10:44pm

Haha, I wonder who wrote the last two comments?!! Hmmm....

JOHN LEWIS FOR ALL!

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#13 Anonymous - Thu, 7th Feb 2008 4:48am

You pig! I happen to know Sam Garrett and his hard-line policies are about as conservative as the National Trust. I vote John Lewis gets punched himself and also that Sam Garrett's hair becomes Dean of the Uni.

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#14 Tom Rogers - Tue, 12th Feb 2008 7:51am
  1. 9 This was a Videocast, not a podcast. The podcast is much more chilled out, non-political and banterous and can be found here http://www.theyorker.co.uk/news/podcasts/1269

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