7 The News Issue 12 July 2024 The RGS Gazette After a certainly frantic campaign race by the Political Parties of the RGS, we have the election results in! But before I give you those coveted results, let me walk you through the campaigns and election process. Starting on the 20th of June, election teams were created for the six parties. Each team was composed of four or five of our very own ALevel politics students. Each team then had two weeks to produce a threepoint manifesto: two policies focused on the UK in general and one on the RGS specifically, alongside a campaign poster and video. As we saw, there was varying quality among the parties, but there certainly was a sense of commitment and determination from each and every member to ensure the best campaign possible in such a small timeframe. On Wednesday lunchtime, the 3rd of July, I witnessed by far the most chaotic and hilarious election debate of my life. The turnout was shockingly impressive, with the stands of the Queen's Hall filled with a full range of RGS boys, from Year 7s to our Senior Prefects, as well as a host of members of staff. I can confirm, Mr. Carr and Mr. Sarsons were in fits of laughter over the debate performance. We saw just how terrifying radical reform gets when you let Toyosi of the Worker’s Party have a podium to speak, but even more frightening was the support he got from students despite a lack of any real policies. During the debate, his only promise was ‘to bring football to the RGS,’ which I can only believe will fall flat. The speaker for the Conservatives, Danyal Baber, received the most aggressively voiced dissent in the form of boos and insults from the stands. "even more frightening was the support he got from students despite a lack of any real policies." However, if I had to pick a favourite, I must choose Alex Gold of the Labour Party. On that stage, Alex was the only one fully focused on informing the crowd of his Party’s policies and carried himself with the composure and respect that a political figure should, despite the namecalling going on around him. He provided all necessary answers and did not veer from the questions asked in the debate, making him the only sensible choice for the best speaker that day. Now, we shall finally take a look at our election results with a disastrous twist of fate. The Worker’s Party holds a majority with 54% of the vote. It would appear that sometimes radicalism is all you need to indoctrinate a Year 8. The vote for the rest of the parties is also rather shocking. Reform overtakes both of the major parties, and the Conservatives were about 1% away from falling to bottom of the list. Muhibbullah Ahmed (Year 12) recaps the recent RGS 2024 mock election Who is Taking Control in the RGS Mock Election? Toyosi Aranmolate, RGS Workers Party (2024) Alex Gold, The RGS Labour Party (2024) A real polling station (2024) Politics Society runs every Monday lunchtime in Room 22 make sure to come along if you are interested in discussing prominent issues affecting the world.
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