Never let it be said that the student paper has lost its knack for Daily Mail-esque reporting.

The light-hearted, slightly satirical story of a reporter which covered the student protest at the BAE stand at last week’s careers fair was in quite startling contrast with the cold-hearted nature of the arms trade the protest was standing against (see ‘Sketch’, p2, 19/10/12).

Drawing their literary tactics from the little-known, under-utilised field of sarcasm, the writer decided to paint a fruitless picture of these students efforts (failing to mention the fact that they’re doing something far more than the majority of the student population to encourage ethical practices in the university, but ho-hum…).

As, in the final paragraph, the article came to its climax, readers were left with a comment from a disgusted student, who had retreated from the BAE stand, not for humanitarian reasons, but because they wouldn’t pay him enough.

I can only hope, for the writer of this articles sake, that the Daily Mail will offer them a wage they’ll be happy with in the future, as I don’t know who else will employ them while they write like this.

Joel Millward-Hopkins