I could talk all day about politics, but I won't. Only I consider the SWP to simplistic and negative. I know something needs to be done to give this country a kick up the arse, but that's not going to happen if we sit on our own arses and shout about it, is it? Give benefits back to students, make them feel a part of a civic society, but if we starve unis of funds, we may come out with healthy bank balances but we're hardly going to be better off for it, are we? How about grants and tuition fees.... Anyway, I'm in the Labour Party, we get to go to policy fora and talk about these issues and pass the results on to conference, which is not so much shouting as talking civilly to the leaders. I'm a callous class traitor, but I want to see real progress like anyone else. Louise l.stanley@lse.ac.uk PS Sign me up for the tape tree, so's I can get back into the scene. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+