In one of the most sensible developments in British campus politics in months, one students’ union has elect a cat to be their leader.
Susu, a long-serving fixture of Southampton University, was installed as honorary president last week, complete with his own lanyard.
SUSU the cat has been elected Honorary President of Southampton Students' Union for "10 years affection to students" pic.twitter.com/YyVwrMj5HS
— Peter Henley (@BBCPeterH) May 12, 2016
The nonplussed-looking feline was hailed for being “detached from Union politics” and able to act as a unifying force.
And don’t they need it. Since the election of firebrand Malia Bouattia to lead the National Union of Students (NUS), division and recrimination has gripped the student movement.
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An increasing fear that anti-Semitism is gripping campuses, combined with a more general war on fun, has made higher education a dark realm for many.
Indeed, several universities have taken the nuclear option and have ditched the NUS altogether.
Lincoln and Newcastle abandoned the body, deciding to run their own affairs instead.
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In Southampton, Susu was praised for her loving and welcoming demeanor. Indeed, as a cat she is (we believe) incapable of anti-Semitism, hysteria and divisive Leftist politics.
Heat Street welcomes her future contribution to campus life.