Wednesday, July 27, 2005
Bill English on Campus
Bill English came to Victoria University today to discuss Nationals Tertiary Education Policy, he spoke to about 100 students in the quad, his speech was good, but I was even more impressed with the way he dealt with the AUS staff protesting behind him and the hecklers in the crowd as well as his answering of questions. He attacked Labours policy pointed out Nationals and then followed up by answering questions from several hostile members of the gathered crowd very well. Early on there may have been a fair amount of booing but as he just answered every question by the end there were more people clapping than booing and this must be a sign that students are not as dumb as Labour seem to think they are.
This is a good sign, Students will not all fall for this carrot.
You can't trust Labour.
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Sounds like he did well, which is good. Wish I had been there to support him, but I was stuck down at Rutherford House with an Accy lecture at 1:30.
Hopefully he has convinced more students to support National, even if only a few of the 100 there.
Hopefully he has convinced more students to support National, even if only a few of the 100 there.
There were times when the Gnats or ACT wouldn't dare step foot on campus. Now they are welcomed back. That is a sign of progress!
Bill has always been a good speaker on campus, it's good to see he did ok at Vic, where I have seen many a politician crash and burn.
Believe it or not but my greatest success was when we got Roger Douglas to Otago - the lefties turned up in droves, and not a single one left without clapping or trying to shake his hand.. he was THAT excellent... and Otago is full of filthy lefties :)
Believe it or not but my greatest success was when we got Roger Douglas to Otago - the lefties turned up in droves, and not a single one left without clapping or trying to shake his hand.. he was THAT excellent... and Otago is full of filthy lefties :)
Heine. the same happened with prebs at Auck. Uni in about 1998. The students couldn't get enough of him.
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