Scandal at Oxford debating society
Oxford ( England): Corrupt campaigning practices, charges of sexual harassment, racial and gender issues - A presidential election thrown out, the winner disqualified, the loser withdrawn.
Phew. One can only hope the race for the White House goes more smoothly than the election of a president for the Oxford Union Society, one of the world`s foremost debating clubs..
The 185-year-old society, a jewel in Oxford University`s crown, is a bastion of free speech where the elite of Britain and many other countries have cut their debating teeth. The framed photos in the entryway honor luminaries from Queen Elizabeth II and Sir Winston Churchill to Robert Kennedy and Yasser Arafat who have addressed the Oxford Union.
The club presidency has traditionally been a springboard to the top echelons of politics; the seat was occupied by the late Benazir Bhutto in her student days, long before she became the prime minister of Pakistan.
Text and Images: AP Images : A file photo of the Merton College in Oxford that houses the Oxford Union Society, one of the world`s foremost debating clubs and a symbol of the English elite.
