Nick Clegg seems to be the darling on the younger generation

[Phil-Sheff]

Do you agree?

[esme]

*waits for Kingmaker2 to come and point out how this cannot possibly be true*

[Rupert_Baehr]

At the last General Election, the Lib Dems were promising to scrap university tuition fees immediately, should they be elected.

 

No doubt that policy appealed to a number of younger (and particularly first-time) voters.

 

This time, Clegg is promising to scrap tuition fees in 6 years time.

 

Why would that appeal to younger voters? If you're at university now, or if you're planning to go to uni this September, you will pay tuition fees. In 6 years time, when you've let university and are trying to make a start in the world (and pay off a mountain of tuition fee debt) YOU will be one of the lucky people who will be paying the tuition fees of those who are about to go to university. - As well as your own student loans.

 

Clegg certainly appears to be after the younger generation .... particularly those aged about 10 or 11.

[Unregistered]

Do you agree?

 

No - Nick Clegg is a darling for ALL generations, not just the young.

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[chem1st]

At the last General Election, the Lib Dems were promising to scrap university tuition fees immediately, should they be elected.

 

No doubt that policy appealed to a number of younger (and particularly first-time) voters.

 

This time, Clegg is promising to scrap tuition fees in 6 years time.

 

Why would that appeal to younger voters? If you're at university now, or if you're planning to go to uni this September, you will pay tuition fees. In 6 years time, when you've let university and are trying to make a start in the world (and pay off a mountain of tuition fee debt) YOU will be one of the lucky people who will be paying the tuition fees of those who are about to go to university. - As well as your own student loans.

 

Clegg certainly appears to be after the younger generation .... particularly those aged about 10 or 11.

 

And the university education of the previous generation, and the people paying this, will be those who graduated in the middle of a recession.

[flamingjimmy]

At the last General Election, the Lib Dems were promising to scrap university tuition fees immediately, should they be elected.

 

No doubt that policy appealed to a number of younger (and particularly first-time) voters.

 

This time, Clegg is promising to scrap tuition fees in 6 years time.

 

Why would that appeal to younger voters? If you're at university now, or if you're planning to go to uni this September, you will pay tuition fees. In 6 years time, when you've let university and are trying to make a start in the world (and pay off a mountain of tuition fee debt) YOU will be one of the lucky people who will be paying the tuition fees of those who are about to go to university. - As well as your own student loans.

 

What you have left out is the fact that people who are at University right now would receive an immediate benefit. Final year students will have their fees scrapped straight away. So anyone at university now will get their final year free.

[[Matt]]

This time, Clegg is promising to scrap tuition fees in 6 years time.

 

Why would that appeal to younger voters? If you're at university now, or if you're planning to go to uni this September, you will pay tuition fees. In 6 years time, when you've let university and are trying to make a start in the world (and pay off a mountain of tuition fee debt) YOU will be one of the lucky people who will be paying the tuition fees of those who are about to go to university. - As well as your own student loans.

Its a staggered reduction in fees. Those at uni WILL see immediate benefit of the scrappage scheme, just not a complete scrappage all at once which is sensible considering the cuts in public spending that are desperately needed.

 

Mr Clegg said: "Labour and the Conservatives have been trying to keep tuition fees out of this election campaign.

 

"It's because they don't want to come clean with you about what they're planning.

 

"Despite the huge financial strain fees already place on Britain's young people, it is clear both Labour and the Conservatives want to lift the cap on fees.

 

"If fees rise to £7,000 a year, as many rumours suggest they would, within five years some students will be leaving university up to £44,000 in debt.

 

"That would be a disaster. If we have learnt one thing from the economic crisis, it is that you can't build a future on debt.

 

"The Liberal Democrats are different. Not only will we oppose any raising of the cap, we will scrap tuition fees for good, including for part-time students.

 

"We can't do it overnight, but we can start straight away with students in their first year - that way means anyone at university this autumn will have their debt cut by at least £3,000.

 

"Students can make the difference in countless seats in this election.

 

"Use your vote to block those unfair tuition fees and get them scrapped once and for all."

 

The Lib Dem plans would end tuition fees for final-year students immediately, with further exemptions introduced over a six-year period until fees were scrapped for all first degree undergraduates.

[alchresearch]

The thing I didn't like about the Lib Dems is that they didn't agree with Tony Martin and what he did to that Pikie burglar, and said he deserved to go to prison for what he did.

 

However, they've had a couple of changes in leadership since Charles Kennedy said that so I don't know what their stance is now.

 

I think you should be allowed to booby trap your houses and shoot burglars in the face. Not only that but you should be given a bounty for doing so!

[Stoatwobbler]

More to the point, why do the politicians all ignore young voters?

 

My own MP's election campaign seems to consist of little more then trying to scare little old ladies about the Tories whilst being as vague as possible on what Labour will do. None of the candidates round here seems to acknowledge the existance of voters under the age of 40.

[Rupert_Baehr]

Don't worry, on 7 May everybody will be treated equally.

 

None of the MPs will acknowledge the existence of any of the voters; irrespective of their age.