I agree some thought needs to be put towards the idea of 65 year old nurses and classroom teachers still plying their trade. Is that a good idea? I don’t know.

I am incredibly against removing the cap on tuition fees. I was thoroughly proud that, in England, it cost you the same amount to do any degree even in Oxbridge, something which resulted in equality amongst applicants, allowing a greater diversity within England’s best Universities. I was also proud of all the widenening access schemes England’s top ranked Universities have launched over the past few years, all of which shouting about how you don’t need money to get into their prestigious organisation, you just needed talent and potential.

All of this, apparantly, was in vain. Now, applicants’ options will be divided by price. Redbrick Unis will undoubtedly raise their fees to the maximum, if given the chance, excluding most middle and working class applicants. A huge social divide will split Britain. Education will once again be for the wealthy.

Unless we manage to stop it. Or, at least, let them know that we will oppose the changes to the very last.
Please sign my petition. With enough signatures, I will send it to all the media outlets I can find.

Equally, we lack the necessary combative counter attacks against blatantly irresponsible attacks by political foes. I hate to see one of our MP’s being mauled on QuestionTime, for instance, for the lack of a good put down. A Labour, SNP or Green spokesperson might attack us for spending cuts and I want our representative to say something like “no, how can you imply an income tax rise on these people to pay for this spending” or “look most people and businesses are just hanging on because interest rates are at a low – you seem to be blasé about rates rising” etc etc!

I’d like to make a little pocket book of retorts!