The election of Malia Bouattia as president of the NUS leaves no doubt as to where that organisation now stands. A woman who attacks Birmingham University as a “Zionist outpost” because it has “the largest Jsoc in the country” is barely fit to be a member of the NUS, let alone its leader. The real worry is that her election will legitimise the expressions of antisemitism that some already think are appropriate on campus — and that the situation for Jewish students will be made even worse.
