Clegg will vote for fees hike

Senor Frizby

The LibDems are in meltdown...

charles hercock

Walk through the fire together and let them burn
They have turned their back on higher education for dubious returns on infants
We need skills from higher education to get the country going

Benjit

Charles, I think you'll find reading and writing are prerequisites for most jobs, or are you of the new labour mentality of giving people useless certificates to make them feel better

TrevorsDen

Dear Charles - the notion that higher education will suffer is flawed.
Good universities will get better and poor universities will not charge the higher rate and may ell run their coursed over 2 years.

The fees only get paid beyond an income of £21k pa and are capped And its said that the poorest 25% will be better off. How does this square with your claim. And where does the money come from anyway.

JB

I'll be going to Uni in 2012 and i'll be quite happy to pay for my own education. My parents aren't rich but i'll be willing to invest. Early years education is surely most important. However, the LibDems are surely going to spilt. It's inevitable isn't it?

davidk

Chris Huehne leader of a breakaway party in the next year backed by grandees like Kennedy and Campbell. Cleggover goes the remaining half inch to become a fully fledged Tory.

Put your money on it.

Sid

I have never hated anyone in my life. Not until now anyway. I will never vote Libdem again!

The man is so arrogant, he thinks we are gonna forgive and forget in 4 years time. Well Mr Clegg, the public will never forget what a spineless weasel you truly are.

Cammy

I love watching the Conservatives trying to protect Nick. What they fail to realise is, when this all crumbles, Clegg is the type who will want to pull Dave down with him.

Methinks your attitudes will change somewhat. :)

Athena

Whilst I accept that there are harsh realities our country needs to face up to, there's a certain element that is emotive about the whole fees business. Clegg signed a very clear commitment, one that was publicised and netted him a large share of the student vote, irrespective of the realities of the position he finds himself in, a promise so public, broken so clearly, will not be easily overlooked.

Fergus Pickering

Sid, you actually HATE a man you have never met? He has killed nobody, nor caused anyone to be killed. You hate him because he spouses a policy about the funding of universities. I suppose you are the sort of person who HATES Lady Thatcher. Get a life, old son. And you can't have spineless weasels. You mean jellyfish perhaps. Clegg is the first leader of the Liberals since Lloyd George who wasn't/isn't a joke.

How often do we have to say it? Who introduced student fees? The Labour Government. Who increased them? The Labour Government. Who broke their promises on this? The Labour Government. But then you know this. Clegg-hating is the fury of Caliban seeing his own face in the mirror. Clegg shows you that your political 'beliefs' are childish. Join the Ice Cream party, folks. Nick Clegg is a fine, upstanding fellow.

PayDirt

Clegg : "Because in these difficult circumstances, where the country doesn't have very much money, this is the best and fairest possibly way to ensure we have world-class universities and that youngsters can not only dream of going to university but can go to university irrespective of the circumstances of their birth."
Effng b’locks Clegg, so the country can print money to stop the banks going into debt, but cannot do the same for England’s next generation. You are so WRONG. You will fail at the next English election for sure. U R A C

History

@FergusPickering

Ironic that you should choose a comparison with Lloyd George a 'Prime Minister without a Party'. Clegg is definitely on course to become a Deputy PM without a Party.