The hike is ridiculous. I can understand the need for something to be done to contribute  to saving the country, but this is a joke. When, and only when, I see Camp Cameron take a pay cut (even if it's minute), will I believe they genuinely give a shit.

I can only come up with swear words

Not sure getting rid of EMA is wise either, most of my friends rely on that money for transport to and from college.

My eldest son is 12..he will be 13 in March...he has just said...'oh well, I'll be able to get a job in a few months time, I'll have at least 5yrs to save up. Mind you, not sure Iwant to go if unis are full of plonkers like that'...he is watching the 'protests' on the tellybox and is not impressed by the students at all. He also said that the rioters should pay the higher fees to cover the cost of the damage they are causing.....he's got a smart head on him!

BTW...I wasn't saying that I think the hikes are fair..just sharing his thoughts!!

So typical of the tories... its only a matter of time before it soon mounts up where we have a repeat of the 1990 poll tax riots.

 

Mrs B this isn't an attack I swear but doens't your son know that some of the "plonkers" were rioting for the hell of it? They weren't the majority of the protesters.

So I gather anyway.

RIP LIB DEM CREDIBILITY 1988-2010

Mine too! (I only have the one offspring though). He said something similar to your boy.

I've been drumming it into his head that if he can get a trade behind him (like electrician, plumber, mechanic....) he'll never be out of work as long as it's something that will always be in demand no matter what the climate is like.

The message the Tories are sending the kids is that education is not high on their list of importance as something to be protected. They just want as many people working as possible so they can get their mitts on income tax. As little outlay as possible with maximum return.

Blizz

"Students" have apparently broken into the treasury...






I hate how they keep saying they are students, how the feck do they know? They could be pensioners in balaclavas.

Liberal's = laughing stock.

AP reporting that protesters are currently attacking car carrying Prince Charles and Camilla...

What have the royals got to do with it

They were on their way to the Royal Variety Show and looks like they came across the protestors.

Well I walked through a huge crowd of protestors going home via Kingsway, and they were lovely

Oh right... thought it was a random attack or something.

Liebral Democ-rats have shown their mercenary colours today.  What a farce this coalition is!  So Vince Cable decided to do the coalition the courtesy (and Lib Dem voters the discourtesy) of voting for the policy he wrote up.  Simon Hughes abstained, so much for the conscience of the Lib Dem centre left. 

At least Charles Kennedy and Menzies Campbell did the decent thing and voted in line with their party's pre-election pledges.  The Lib Dems picked a wrong 'un in Clegg that's for sure. No surprises the Ginger Rodent, Danny Alexander, voted for fees for English students from the safety of his Scottish constituency.

Carnelian.....Scotland votes in May, believe me , no Libdems are safe

Charli...no offence taken!!!! He does know that...however...not all the rioters can be non-students either.....and he knows that too!

The Lib_dems have shown that they are the same as any other bunch of politicians...prepared to sell out for power....

Blizz and Carnelian, I agree.
I'm very glad to see students up on the barricades again, they've been far too apolitical for years. They're not morons, they are the next generation and realise that they are being taken for a ride. I used to demonstrate in the early '80s against tuition fee, never mind a rise. Education should, if at all possible, be free; would you expect to pay for your child's Primary Education? No. And don't get me started on Theresa May's Royal Highnesses crap.

 Mind you, not sure Iwant to go if unis are full of plonkers like that'...he is watching the 'protests' on the tellybox and is not impressed by the students at all. He also said that the rioters should pay the higher fees to cover the cost of the damage they are causing.....he's got a smart head on him!

oohhh clever little Bauble just seen it on the news now

they were smashing stuff in Oxford St?? I went there after work - luckily I decided to be lazy and get the tube to Bond St instead of Oxford Circus

Oh bollocks I could have got myself a couple of freebies

Much love Mrs B

Saw a photo of a fire

I'm following all of this on Twitter by the way

The LibDems will be finished once this coalition is over. A set of lying gits the lot of em.Saying one thing in their manifesto and then renaguing on has taught voters just where they stand. Its a case of feck you jack i'm alright. Rant over.

Really? Not like you

Yep, he's always been a wannabe-Tory. Odious man.

They're certainly gonna have their work cut out re - inventing themselves in the future. They have simply shown that they'd be prepared to sell their own grandmother for a taste of power.

They certainly weren't looking long term. I fully accept that in entering a coalition there would have to be compromises but on this ...............Clegg & co have just shown themselves up as the power hungry hypocrites they are IMO.

The Ghost of Christmas Past visited. Turkeys all round

They are in it to win it now.Selfish barstewards the lot of them.

Well that's not catering for the veggies is it. Even the pretendy ones!

That's the stupid thing, though. They've just ensured that they're going to lose. Them and Cameron's Uncompassionate Conservatives. *spits*

There is plenty of lettuce, carrots et; for them.

It's a disgrace but I really don't know what else anyone expected from Clegg. On the TV debates he was so slimey he made my skin crawl. Insisting on calling audience members by their first names like a third-rate used car salesman trying (and failing) to fake a 'friend of the people' persona and ridiculing labour and the tories before jumping into bed with Cameron and selling his soul. I saw it coming a mile away.

This has set back the Lib Dems back years IMO, and i bet the previous leaders think the same and are raging. I voted Lib Dem but never again, and i reckon most of their votes came from students etc; at this last election. Clegg has just killed all the progress the Libs have made over the past few years. He is now Cams puppy IMO. Its my way or the highway.

The Lib Dems have set themselves back years IMO. I don't suppose it'll bother Clegg - I'd imagine he'd defect to the Tories if push came to shove. Very shallow and obviously lacking in real conviction.

I can see that it looked like a good option to jump into bed with David at the time. I actually think they'd have been better off letting the Tories try to govern with no majority. They would probably have come out better all round.