Crucially, it meant he did not break a 2010 manifesto pledge of opposing a rise in university tuition fees; the Lib Dems never really recovered from their ministers voting for a trebling of fees. (totalpolitics.com)
There is little doubt that it has been a difficult week for Liberal Democrats; our Parliamentary party faced the choice between backing a rise in university tuition fees that the majority of Lib Dem voters and members do not support,... (socialliberal.net)
The rise in university tuition fees and the speed and depth of cuts to public spending are particular bones of contention. (telegraph.co.uk)