If Nick Clegg was PM, do you think he would have kept to his pledge?

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  1. photographylover's Avatar
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    If Nick Clegg was PM, do you think he would have kept to his pledge?
    Do you think Nick Clegg would have kept to his tuition fees pledge (not to raise fees), if he became Prime Minister?

    When they say on the news "the Prime Minister's deputy", I just picture a dog with a bone in it's mouth, running alongside CaMoron, with it's face looking like Nick Clegg. He's not a Deputy Prime Minister. I recan he just goes along with what the CONservatives want.

    Pathetic government.
  2. St. Brynjar's Avatar
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    Re: If Nick Clegg was PM, do you think he would have kept to his pledge?
    I don't think so, he does seem to really support the raise in tuition fees and I don't think he's being dragged along by Dave. Still a massive pillock though. I don't know who's worse - Clegg or Osborne?
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    Re: If Nick Clegg was PM, do you think he would have kept to his pledge?
    I honestly would say I don't know. The man has time and time again proved himself to be so unpredictable.

    What I do know is that history will not be kind to him and nor will the next election.
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    Re: If Nick Clegg was PM, do you think he would have kept to his pledge?
    You really make your statement more emphatic and persuasive by putting in immature comments like 'CaMoron' and 'CONservatives'.
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    Re: If Nick Clegg was PM, do you think he would have kept to his pledge?
    Yes, because it was such a major variable in their political campaign.
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    Re: If Nick Clegg was PM, do you think he would have kept to his pledge?
    (Original post by photographylover)
    Do you think Nick Clegg would have kept to his tuition fees pledge (not to raise fees), if he became Prime Minister?
    He has already clearly said he wouldn't. The policy was, as he observed, not only impossible to implement given the likely outcome of the election, but was also unaffordable in the short-term.

    When they say on the news "the Prime Minister's deputy"
    They don't. He is Deputy Prime Minister. It's the old difference between an Assistant Director and an Assistant to the Director.

    I just picture a dog with a bone in it's mouth, running alongside CaMoron, with it's face looking like Nick Clegg. He's not a Deputy Prime Minister. I recan he just goes along with what the CONservatives want.

    Pathetic government.
    That's because you're a left-wing wastrel. Luckily, no-one much cares what perverted thoughts your fevered imagination can conjure up.
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    Re: If Nick Clegg was PM, do you think he would have kept to his pledge?
    (Original post by photographylover)
    Do you think Nick Clegg would have kept to his tuition fees pledge (not to raise fees), if he became Prime Minister?

    When they say on the news "the Prime Minister's deputy", I just picture a dog with a bone in it's mouth, running alongside CaMoron, with it's face looking like Nick Clegg. He's not a Deputy Prime Minister. I recan he just goes along with what the CONservatives want.

    Pathetic government.
    Almost as pathetic of substituting name calling for actual arguments. It is a perpetual disappointment that despite politics being one of the most important considerations for absolutely everyone to think about, it is also among the discussions most prone to degrading into this kind of childishness.
  8. Birchington's Avatar
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    Re: If Nick Clegg was PM, do you think he would have kept to his pledge?
    Yes, because he would have had full control over the Budget and the fee abolition was fully costed in the 2010 Lib Dem manifesto.
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    Re: If Nick Clegg was PM, do you think he would have kept to his pledge?
    We'll never know because he never will be.
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    Re: If Nick Clegg was PM, do you think he would have kept to his pledge?
    Personally no i dont believe he would have. Its easy to promise what ever you like when youre canvassing for votes and not in power but when youre actually in office your priorities change somewhat and he can actually see what a cluster**** the figures are.
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    Re: If Nick Clegg was PM, do you think he would have kept to his pledge?
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