Sentences with phrase «over his tuition fees u-turn»

Though Nick Clegg undoubtedly feels hard done by over his tuition fees U-turn — neither Cameron's nor Miliband's broken pledges have been so mercilessly replayed — he is determined to avoid a repeat.

Meanwhile Clegg will hope that Lib Dems» primary concern - improving access to higher education, come what may - will trump their frustrations over the tuition fees U-turn.

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Lib Dem ministers face renewed pressure from their activists over a series of U-turns, particularly on university tuition fees and a new generation of nuclear power plants.

On anger over the party's tuition fees U-turn, he says: «If it hadn't been on tuition fees, it would have been on something else.»

Nick Clegg's political journey has seen him win a bitter Liberal Democrat leadership battle, rise to become deputy prime minister, and face furious criticism over his U-turn on tuition fees.

Last night Tory MP Peter Bone accused the Lib Dems of a U-turn over the «shambles» of their «unfair and unworkable» mansion tax policy — just as Mr Clegg abandoned his pledge to scrap university tuition fees after the last Election.