Saturday 11 December 2010

University Funding

Well the debate has been had in the House of Commons and the student riots have taken place. The students of course have lost a great deal of support  by their actions, whilst recognising the right to peaceful demonstration there is no nor can there ever be any justification to take part in the kind of appalling activity that was seen in London on Thursday.
 The truth of the matter is that the last government created the circumstances whereby the Government have had to make serious cuts in every field of public spending, I regret greatly that such cuts have had to be made but there there just isn't any alternative. In early 1950, in 1979/80 and now a Conservative Government has had to sort out a financial mess created by three past Labour Governments.
As was so eloquently put by the last Labour Secretary to the Treasury, “the money has all gone" that is the legacy of the last Government.

1 comment:

  1. You don't 'recognise the right to peaceful demonstration' at all.
    You said in the Council yesterday that my petition on support for disabled people in York was a 'waste of time'.
    If so, it is a waste of time supported by more than half as many again people as voted for you.
    You only got 850 votes, if we'd only got that many signatures, the petition would not have been debated at all.
    Blocking debate is not very democratic of you, and you should say sorry.

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