Bad News!

It is possible that students have reason to peacefully protest about the increase in tuition fees.

But there is no excuse for the outburst of violent thuggery that occurred yesterday at the Millbank Tower.

Nor does there seem to me to be a valid reason why the police were not more robust in preventing or containing what turned out to be a riot.
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University Tuition Fees

I can’t say that I fully understand the complexities of the row over tuition fees or why they should be so high and also variable between universities. I do know that a nephew of mine has run up a huge debt which he will struggle to pay.

I was, however, reminded that it was not so long ago that there was a proposal to drastically cut university holidays and to truncate three-year courses into two years.

Would that not save the students’ money and also improve the throughput of them through universities?
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