tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647685282789008730.post8646493286077194790..comments2024-03-02T02:56:21.007+00:00Comments on ......SHOT BY BOTH SIDES: Lib Dems demand clarity on tuition fees - but not from themselves!Kerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377996092374137641noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647685282789008730.post-13131183529585349982009-10-18T12:03:27.035+01:002009-10-18T12:03:27.035+01:00Let us not forget that it was your government that...Let us not forget that it was your government that introduced tuition fees, saddling students with crippling debt for decades to come, despite many claims before the election from various people including Tony Blair that you wouldn't.<br /><br />You then promised in your 2001 Manifesto you wouldn't introduce top-up fees, and then in spite of this, that jug-eared moron Charles Clarke blithely went and introduced legislation to enable universities to charge them anyway, justifying this decision with the most laughable excuse imaginable (that the Manifesto committment only applied to that term).<br /><br />Further to this, I dread to think what Gordon Brown's decision to <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/oct/12/gordon-brown-public-asset-sale" rel="nofollow">sell off the student loan book</a> will do to students. Who's going to buy it? How do I know who does buy it won't send me a letter telling me my monthly payments are to double?<br /><br />You and your party are in <b>no</b> position to criticise anyone on their stance on tuition fees.Bristol Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13143336218499645984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647685282789008730.post-85090259477613898432009-10-17T11:55:00.502+01:002009-10-17T11:55:00.502+01:00Dear Stephen,
If the Lib Dems were in government...Dear Stephen, <br /><br />If the Lib Dems were in government (bear with me), would I pay tuition fees? I mean I know you're all really nice, and would love it if I didn't have to, but would I? Like, in reality? <br /><br />Yours<br />Elliebevanitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10404739814133346869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647685282789008730.post-47789547521520462172009-10-15T17:58:31.190+01:002009-10-15T17:58:31.190+01:00For the full story of how the Lib Dems have flip f...For the full story of how the Lib Dems have flip flopped in their sandals on tuition fees see <br /><br />http://bristolwestpaul.wordpress.com/2009/09/20/fee-fi-fo-fum/<br /><br />The promise was clearly only a cynical ploy to win the student vote and the tuition fees policy is often described as something to make them look different at the election, rather than a point of supreme principle which they believe in.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09433017097617427575noreply@blogger.com