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updated: 10/03/08
Pirate
President
A
man campaigning as a pirate has become the new student union president
of York University.
'Mad Captain Tom
Scott' promised to put a cannon on the top of York's central venue and
to give all student officers swashbuckling lessons.
Captain Tom sunk
his rivals to win a huge majority of the vote - leaving the rest of
the candidates red-faced.
Captain Tom has
promised to take the top post and stay as the captain all year claiming
that ordinary students are ‘disillusioned’ with how student
politics works. He cited his reason for running as: "mystery, adventure,
and the lure of the seas".
His piratey policies
include discount rum in all student bars, hammocks at all student union
meetings and paying all society budgets in gold Doubloons.
The Captain also
told students that from now on they would regularly be plundering rival
university Lancaster for treasure.
And the mad captain
has told senior admin staff that he will take tough measures if they
step out of line - promising to make them walk the plank into the their
university’s huge lake. He has also told the vice chancellor that
he will aim a cannon at his house and fire it if necessary.
On winning the post
he said: "People keep asking me, am I going to take the job and
the answer is Yes. I be doing the best damn job I can."
Captain Tom spent
the entire campaign week in his full pirate outfit - complete with eye
patch, hat and even a duck on his shoulder called Brian.
Incredibly Captain
Tom has been doing various pirate themed events all his life. He runs
the British part of 'Talk Like A Pirate Day' and has even released his
own charity single.
York University
is one of the UK's most successful institutions – regularly making
the top 10 league tables. Today's result means that top uni officials
will now have to negotiate and work with the pirate in meetings on key
issues all year.
by
Adam Thorn
