Super Monday: YUSU election nominations open

Nominations for the next sabbatical team begins

In what is tipped to be the most difficult election to call since Micky Armstrong beat Robbie Dale, three candidates have emerged as front runners in the presidential race.

Expected to split the YUSU camp is Ents Rep Nadz Kunwar and Women's Officer Laura Payne. Also likely to challenge for the top spot is former Vanbrugh chair Ryan Bennett.

What has each candidate got to offer?

The following are merely the opinions of the author.

Here's a breakdown of what to expect from the big guns.

Ryan Bennett

• Bennett is Mr. Diplomat, and a charismatic and populist leader. He won Vanbrugh Chair on promising to bring bigger and better events to the college. Largely believed to have delivered, with events such as Porno V taking on Goodricke at their own game of sell-out, edgy events. Will take credit for a professional handling of the university Bleachfields disaster. Expect rousing, energetic speeches - the most credible to claim that he can rouse the student troops when needed.

Nadz Kunwar

• Ents Officer Kunwar is generally considered a pro-media, pro-enterprise candidate, who deservedly cashes in on this sab team's reputation for savvy event management. He is considered a YUSU maverick however - being one of the renegade critics of Gracegate, and becoming a director of The Yorker.ltd. Expect some radical policies on making YUSU much more accountable, huge media charter reform, and pushing events to the next level. Kunwar has the most credible claim to delivering on "What Students Want".

Laura Payne

• Naturally Payne is likely to have the strongest resume on issues, especially on progressive issues like women and the environment. Payne put her neck on the line and proposed that Women's Committee be open to men, arguing that shutting out men only shrouds them in secrecy. A courageous move from a Women's Officer, and a battle which she deservedly won. Expect thought-out, good policies and a great constitutional, democratic grounding.

Currently, the above nominations are only "whispers". Candidates are not allowed to use publicity until Week 8.

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