[Livia]

Just a little reminder that it was Labour who introduced tuition fees, the Tories raised them... but they were introduced by Labour. And ALL of that lot got their education for free. Disgusting.

I have no time for people who drag down peaceful protest and make the news story all about their violent and/or disruptive behaviour. It detracts from the point of the protest.

[JoshBB]

Originally Posted by Livia

the Tories raised them

You need to focus on that.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by JoshBB

You need to focus on that.

This is a discussion Josh, on a grown up subject. If you can't discuss it without being rude, don't talk to me.

[JoshBB]

Originally Posted by Livia

This is a discussion Josh, on a grown up subject. If you can't discuss it without being rude, don't talk to me.

I wasn't rude there at all. I think telling someone to not talk to you is worse tbh. It's a grown up subject and you received a grown up response.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by JoshBB

I wasn't rude there at all. I think telling someone to not talk to you is worse tbh. It's a grown up subject and you received a grown up response.

Yeah, right.

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by JoshBB

I wasn't rude there at all. I think telling someone to not talk to you is worse tbh. It's a grown up subject and you received a grown up response.

No you weren't you were stating the obvious and the entire reason for the protests too, I remember the student protests at the time as I was there with all my college tutors.
Again it highlights things like this who it is ok to exploit and who it isn't, the poor? Yes, invent a 'bedroom tax' and make 30,000 homeless. The sick and disabled? Yes, kick their crutches away and let ATOS find terminally ill people suitable for work. Disadvantaged intelligent young people? Yes, triple tuition fees so that they will not be able to dig themselves out of debt untill they are past retirement age, which by that time will have been raised to 90 most likely.

But.... Don't tax the rich, you can't get much for £2,000,000 these days as some dumb schmuck failed pop star will tell you.

The news will focus on the one or two incidents that occur which will seemingly create some hand wringing mail readers to suggest that the whole cause is a lost one... It isn't.

[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by Livia

Just a little reminder that it was Labour who introduced tuition fees, the Tories raised them... but they were introduced by Labour. And ALL of that lot got their education for free. Disgusting.

I have no time for people who drag down peaceful protest and make the news story all about their violent and/or disruptive behaviour. It detracts from the point of the protest.

Well said, I was about to post the same point.