Keen to imitate their higher-ups, the Lib Dem and Conservative societies have brought the coalition to UCL. Their first move is to share a single Treasurer: Ilia Barboutev. Formerly a devout member of Lib Dem soc, Illia slipped easily into conservatism’s tweed slippers. Could this be the start of a new age of UCL politics, or will life imitate life and see this coalition turn to bitterness?
Clearly not busy enough, Ilia was sent to clear out Tory Soc’s storage space in the archery range, where he found what society President Louisa Townson described on facebook as “Crusty, almost putrid underwear, marked as belonging to UCL Tories” as well as 240 wine glasses, “most of which had years old wine stains/ mould”. Party on, Tory Soc, party on.
Marxist Society eagerly plugged their inaugural event with “distinguished Professor Orlando Figes” on the history of the Russian Revolution. Soc Bitch hopes that they will check reviews of the event very carefully: Figes was previously criticised for posting fake reviews on Amazon, rubbishing his rivals and praising his work under the imaginative pseudonym orlando-birkbeck. It is assumed he took inspiration from karl- highgate’s attacks on the bourgeoisie, and joseph-kremlin’s icepick-based critique of Trotsky.