Oxford Tories' nights of port and Nazi songs

[Stoatwobbler]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/universityeducation/8870909/Oxford-Tories-nights-of-port-and-Nazi-songs.html

 

With two prime ministers and 13 cabinet ministers among its alumni, the Oxford University Conservative Association has become a conveyor belt for future leaders since it was founded in 1924. But the student body, whose patron is Baroness Thatcher, is facing potentially the biggest crisis in its history after its own officers accused members of anti-Semitism, debauchery and snobbery at its alcohol-fuelled meetings.

 

Four of the Association’s most senior members have announced they will be resigning after members allegedly sang a Nazi-themed song, while others complained that members from working-class backgrounds were ridiculed by a clique of former public schoolboys.

 

Students are now facing possible disciplinary action by both the University and the Conservative Party, both of which have launched investigations.

 

One officer claimed that members regularly sang a song which includes the words: “Dashing through the Reich…killing lots of kike (Jews).” The Daily Telegraph has been shown a video of one of the members reciting the first line of the song before a friend silences him, saying, “No, no!”

 

Matters came to a head this week after a series of emails in which senior members express concerns about the “absolutely disgraceful” behaviour at meetings were leaked to The Oxford Student newspaper. One officer told the newspaper that “lots of people were singing (the song) that night, and indeed on many other nights”.

 

Joe Cooke, who was president of OUCA during this year’s spring term, is one of the senior members who have decided to resign. He told The Daily Telegraph he was quitting “because of the extent of the debauchery” at meetings, where the annual bill for port runs to £10,000, the equivalent of a third of a bottle per person per meeting.

[janie48]

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wonder what david cameron thinks.

[LeMaquis]

wonder what david cameron thinks.

 

He's promoted them all to the cabinet.

[Jim Hardie]

A third of a bottle of port per person per meeting. Wow!

[Guest sibon]

A third of a bottle of port per person per meeting. Wow!

 

Its OK Jim. They didn't inhale.