Clegg announces new careers advice & vocational education strategy - TSR was there!

You're just being ridiculous. I understand that you're against tuition fees, but he did his best for all his policies in the circumstances. To reduce it to ego, and his original -- doubtless well meant and intended, at the time -- pledge to lies, is totally absurd.



Well he can't shape political circumstances and make all his compromises based on what 'you'd rather'. He was voted in on his whole manifesto, and I see no reason at all to think that he did anything but do his best to push as much of it forward as he could in the circumstances. He promised all the things in his manifesto, but you can't deliver everything you want when you don't have a majority of the seats.



Well that's a really original sentiment. You strike me as a very thoughtful and perceptive person.

Yes he can, its called a "coalition agreement". If he really cared about students and stuck to his manifesto as you say, and was not a disgusting liar, then he would have PRIORITIZED Tuition fees above some bull crap PR voting scheme that no one wanted.

Yes he can, its called a "coalition agreement". If he really cared about students and stuck to his manifesto as you say, and was not a disgusting liar, then he would have PRIORITIZED Tuition fees above some bull crap PR voting scheme that no one wanted.

He also revoked his own elected democratic right to vote against?

People who voted for him voted for his manifesto, which included, but was not limited to, not increasing tuition fees. You draw attention to the fact that it was an 'agreement'. That's precisely my point. An agreement has two parties. Maybe the tories wouldn't have accepted a condition put on tuition fees; maybe they would, but the cost in terms of other policies would have been unacceptably high. He couldn't move forward on the basis that that one promise, above all the others, was infinitely more important than any other, so that any sacrifice to push it forward would be acceptable.

This is just childish and stupid. The general 'I hate politicians' attitude which has sprung up amongst people is childish and stupid too, but refusing to vote for a party because they made a compromise once is just ridiculously so.

This so much. It's not like that agreement was forced upon him, there was room for different compromises. He decided on the one that might give him more power in the future rather than policy that won him votes.

A way of trying to get back the young voters, after lying about tuition fees.

Nice try.

Well that's a really original sentiment. You strike me as a very thoughtful and perceptive person.

Tuition fees aren't everything. Granted he shouldn't have made such a stupid pledge.

Well that's a pointless reply. You strike me as someone with self-esteem issues. I bet you have thousands of posts.

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I bet you checked how many posts I have before making that bet.

Why would I want to read the rest of your post?

You might learn something.

Isn't it convenient that it's only ever that way round?

I Agree with this.

Manifesto pledges are those created for the eventuality of a majority government. The Lib Dems made the right decision in forming a coalition (not a majority), and of course, there has to be compromise.

I feel so sorry for you. Youd rather a liar in power than a man with honesty... that's tragic. Morals and standards appear to be virtues you hold dear.

The fact of the matter is he sold out his principals for power.