Saying they would have implemented the Browne review they commissioned if they had been in power. That's the problem too many Labour and Tory MPs were elected, both of whom would have supported fees if in power.
true
A lot of wolfie smiths in here
what do you realisitcally expect to achieve ?
Seem to remember during the miners strike (when I was a student living in the valleys)the kinnocks and the prescotts and all the other uber leftie
socialists being on the front line ...Now look at them .......
Couldnt take up to the ermine fast enough to get their snouts in the into the champers , and the power...these were the people who brought in the loans and fees after stating in their mainifesto that they wouldnt ...where were the riots then ? ...what ....no backing ?
NUS is just a breeding ground for labour wannabe MP's
people using people for their own personal gain ......nothing changes ......
The safest job you can get is a union job within the union ..the trough is long deep and wide....
To qoute a yorkshire miner "Thing is to know about Arthur , he went into a huge union with a small house , and came out with a huge house and a small union "
all the Red Ed has said "is that he pledges not to make any pledges".........dont hold your breath
Why dont we have a bit on honesty about our education system ?
Labour
have pumped money into the system .........but in the decade from 2000/10 we have dropped from 7th to 27th in the worlds educational league tables .....standards have
fallen as labour has gone from
quality to bulk ..money is not the answer. (we now have no money anyway )
The real primary objective was to increase the school leaving age to
reduce the numbers of
unemployed young....... It was a ticking time bomb that has now gone off ...thats why labour instigated the brown review with cross party support. It was unsustainable .
The tory answer is exactly the same as the labour one ..just changing the billing source........ It is a delaying tactic ....... £30k debit's (but insn't debits bad ?) at the end of a lower value degree ,not suited to the job market , and lots of them vying for the same job, how long do you think that money is going to take to get repaid ? when they will take any job they can get?.....Some
future government's problems and cost.
By 2014 if Osbourne's cuts are adhered too(back to Blair 2004 spending levels) we will STILL be creating a
deficit , increasing our
debt of £1.4 trillion plus , the interst repayments of which will be more than our whole current defense and education annual costs combined ........(THATS WHAT PROVIDED THAT WE MAINTAIN A
AAA RATING)
Its also when Gordons PFI bills and other of his offbalance accounting kicks in ,the decline of N. sea revenue........and other nasty delayed bills (nuclear decommission and power infrastructure being one of the deffered biggies) hit us
We have spent our childrens future and tax revenue yet to be collected................................. this is just the start.
If I had an answer I would go back to the 70's starting with O's and A's .........
vairable pass level based on percentages ...the bottom 40% of would fail (C-) only the very top level..... 5%would achieve an A
reduce student numbers to 100,000 (from 450,000) and make it free ...... Bite the bullet on the unemployed they exist anyway ...the numbers are just hidden from view
Double the price for foreign students .....
Anyone else got an answer ...instead of bleating ..."yeah ..power to the people"
Dont forget ....All the our old anti establishment donkeys (straw,darling prescott, etc) who rioted and walked with CND during the cold war ......are now the establishment ,people on here so hate ....and so the circle continues
It does need an answer ..........bricking coppers isnt it
And no Im not tory .........cameron is going to fail .....the police are using this as practice for worse to come.