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Beginning of the end for Clegg


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It says he is realistic. Most people stop being shocked at politicians behaviour in their twenties.

 

I think you will find that is why the Libs have a problem.

 

A month before Clegg pledged in April to scrap the "dead weight of debt", a secret team of key Lib Dems made clear that, in the event of a hung parliament, the party would not waste political capital defending its manifesto pledge to abolish university tuition fees within six years.

 

In a document marked "confidential" and dated 16 March, the head of the secret pre-election coalition negotiating team, Danny Alexander, wrote: "On tuition fees we should seek agreement on part time students and leave the rest.

 

 

All those votes in university seats! Nothing short of an electoral heist.

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I am disappointed by them in this respect but it is unfair to expect them to be able to implement such a massive commitment as junior partners in a coalition.

 

The healthy thing is it has politicised a mass of twenty somethings who might have otherwise been apathetic. Clegg is now followed round wherever he goes by angry mobs as seen when he exited the building in Camden on Thursday after making a speech. The angry reaction, in particular the riot sends a clear message to all politicians that there will be hell to pay for unfulfilled promises.

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