tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985429043801017839.post9155350513405394214..comments2023-10-27T07:50:27.411+01:00Comments on Next Left: One in seven students still love the LibDemsTom Hampsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05917325958130851128noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985429043801017839.post-37484708780896976432010-12-09T22:11:33.826+00:002010-12-09T22:11:33.826+00:00they're not universally despised by the studen...<i>they're not universally despised by the student body like the media sometimes makes it seem.</i><br /><br />Only overwhelmingly!Freshly Squeezed Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04659151201579945779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985429043801017839.post-24056291092839460762010-12-04T19:50:35.519+00:002010-12-04T19:50:35.519+00:00Anton Howes: you say the point was to show that th...Anton Howes: you say the point was to show that there are 'students out there who still listen.' From the context in which this comment appears, I assume you mean that the students who support the HE proposals are, uniquely, the ones who have been listening.<br /><br />I think you'll find that the vast bulk of the students who oppose the HE reforms have also listened very carefully. They just don't like what they hear.<br /><br />This 'People would only agree with us if they listened' line is reminsicent of New Labour at its desperate worst. 'Oh, if only we had the demos we deserve...'Stuart Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05090728365798166746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985429043801017839.post-5338388172184265502010-12-03T18:21:38.498+00:002010-12-03T18:21:38.498+00:00You can be in favour of tuition fee reform and opp...You can be in favour of tuition fee reform and oppose the extraordinary cut to the university teaching grant.<br /><br />I still for the life of me can't understand why the government has chosen to cut the grant by 80%, four times the departmental average, while protecting scientific research.<br /><br />Basically it means the government is saying that if you study anything that isn't medicine or a practical science, you can f**k off.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985429043801017839.post-78291292862449656412010-12-03T17:12:24.376+00:002010-12-03T17:12:24.376+00:00"some"
Hehe, well we did word it carefu..."some" <br />Hehe, well we did word it carefully...<br />The point was to show that there are students out there who still listen. <br /><br />For many LibDem MPs we thought it would be a morale boost and sway their vote to know that they're not universally despised by the student body like the media sometimes makes it seem.Anton Howeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13713949105943906016noreply@blogger.com