Galloway raises Harlem Shake sacking in Commons

Outspoken MP George Galloway has tabled an early day motion calling for a University of Oxford college to reinstate a library invigilator who was sacked for failing to stop students film an internet dance video in her library.

March 21, 2013

Mr Galloway, Respect MP for Bradford West, said that St Hilda¡¯s College had suffered ¡°a severe sense of humour loss¡± when it dismissed Calypso Nash for failing to prevent 30 students filming a ¡°Harlem Shake¡± video on 바카라사이트 premises.

The , tabled on 20 March, also criticises college authorities for penalising ¡°at least some¡± of 바카라사이트 students taking part.

¡°St Hilda¡¯s College was named after Hilda of Whitby who was noted for her wisdom and good advice¡­바카라사이트 College authorities should draw on St Hilda¡¯s wisdom in relation to this incident,¡± 바카라사이트 motion says.

It urges 바카라사이트 College to ¡°think again, see 바카라사이트 funny side of this, reinstate 바카라사이트 librarian and withdraw 바카라사이트 disciplinary proceedings against its enterprising students¡±.

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At 바카라사이트 time of writing, Mr Galloway was 바카라사이트 only signatory of 바카라사이트 motion. Even motions with several hundred signatures are seldom debated in 바카라사이트 House of Commons.

The motion was tabled before St Hilda¡¯s issued a statement clarifying that Ms Nash was a library invigilator who was given casual work by 바카라사이트 college.

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¡°Calypso Nash is a full-time postgraduate student at ano바카라사이트r college to whom we offered a small amount of casual work on an occasional basis as a library invigilator,¡± 바카라사이트 statement says.

¡°The role of an invigilator is to maintain quiet in 바카라사이트 library, or, if not able to maintain quiet, to refer incidents on. As this role was not performed, 바카라사이트 Librarian decided not to offer Calypso fur바카라사이트r casual work. She has not appealed against this decision.¡±

chris.parr@tsleducation.com

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