Outgoing ULSU President Derek Daly fled the country late last night on a steam ship heading for the South Seas. Daly was quoted yesterday as saying he simply couldn't live in a world where he wasn't president of the SU anymore.
"It's not easy leaving office," Daly told a huddled group of dishevelled former supporters by the dockside, "I've been in the SU so long, I've become part of the furniture. I stood still for ten minutes yesterday and a first year sat on me."
A visibly shaken Daly pulled his trench coat tightly around him, adjusted his trilby and mounted the gangplank on to the SS Broken Dreams. With one parting wave to tear-soaked supporters, Daly bid adieu to the cruel and unforgiving world of SU politics.
Daly's current whereabouts remain unknown but it is believed that he is finally pursuing his dream of establishing his own country on a piece of unspoilt earth somewhere on a distant island. There is significant evidence of this, as Daly is known to have taken his pencil, a small notebook, his entire collection of The West Wing and his poster of Eamonn O Cuiv.
A tearful Daly supporter had this to say: "I voted for Derek in 2009, I voted for Derek in 2010 and I voted for Derek in 2011 and now... I can't vote for him in 2012! What a world! What a travesty! Come back, Daly! All is forgiven!"
Daly's potential successors could not be reached for comment but it is suspected that they will be eyeing the route Daly has taken closely, especially as public opinion has the potential to turn sour. In related news, Adam Moursy has been spotted investigating chalets in rural Argentina.
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