James Forsyth James Forsyth

You can’t beat Corbyn with Miliband

Fiddling around with university fees isn’t going to make the Conservatives suddenly competitive

issue 20 January 2018

Tuition fees have all but killed the Liberal Democrats. The breach of their manifesto pledge to abolish the charges, compounded by them voting for a fees increase, broke the party. Even the opportunities presented by Brexit have not revived them. In their defence, they can plead that tuition fees make fools of all parties.

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