Sentences with phrase «over the tuition fees pledge»

A small example: I know that a LOT of us have privately and publicly given Nick Clegg a piece of our minds over the tuition fees pledge.

Not exact matches

Their demise started with the broken pledge over tuition fees.

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.

However, it was the Liberal Democrats» failure to honour the manifesto pledge for England to «Scrap unfair university tuition fees for all students taking their first degree, including those studying part - time, saving them over # 10,000 each» which has proven to be the single most damaging consequence of coalition.

Nick Clegg and the other Lib Dem negotiators called for a «a commitment not to raise the cap on tuition fees» (a watered - down version of their manifesto pledge to phase out tuition fees over six years), a cut in the number of government ministers, a four year fixed - term parliament and «a commitment to no public subsidy for nuclear power stations».

Clegg's apology over breaking his tuition fees pledge will benefit his party, marginally at least, come 2015 when it is time for the next round of manifesto pledges.

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.