Nick Clegg has been throwing numbers about concerning the
proposed massive hike in University Fees, in the vain attempt
that he can convince himself and his party not to vote against
them. You may remember on the 22nd May we reported
the LibDems had applied for public money reserved for the
opposition parties to be used for research. “The
Lib Dems have applied for public money allocated to the opposition
parties for research. In a Newsnight
interview they claimed it was in the public interest".
Their research they used the money for, resulted in
Nick Clegg quoting absurdly inaccurate figures when he took
Prime
Minister Question Time
last week, He quoted a Graduate care worker on £21,000
repaying only £7 per month,
this would take at least 214 years
to repay a £18,000 loan, instead of the current £81
per month [Government
site confirms that you do not start making repayments
unless you earn more than £15,000 gross p.a. then you
pay 9% of your gross income above £15,000.] The amount
payable in the example he quoted is 9% of the difference between
£15,000, and £21,000 i.e 9% or £6,000. or
£45 per month, not £81 per
month.
He also claimed the opposition didn’t have an alternative
plan, only a blank sheet of paper. From this blank sheet he
quoted the Labour party as proposing a figure of £36
per month for the above example.
Nick Clegg also claimed his method was better than the Labour
proposed Graduate Tax. On the 28th July we reported
“Vince Cable the Business Secretary announced plans
for a ‘Graduate tax’ for university students;
this was later overruled by the Tories who preferred students
to pay the Universities Direct.” In case Nick Clegg
didn’t know, Vince Cable is a LibDem minister, not Labour.
You can watch the BBC recording of the PMQ on
this page
David Cameron was furious, and for this week’s PMQ he
flew back from Zurich to take the questions, in which he proclaimed
himself to be a son of Thatcher. [Figuratively speaking]
Other news:
Mervin King the Governor of the Bank of England is facing
calls for his resignation over comments he made about the
lack of experience of David Cameron and George Osborne.
The students are threatening to apply for the removal of Nick
Clegg, over his written undertaking to abolish University
fees.
The student demonstrations are becoming less violent, as the
students gear up their protests.
Some companies have cancelled the traditional New Years day
bank holiday, to give workers paid leave for the Royal wedding.
Snow continues to disrupt travel in the UK and on the continent.
Do you know, in parliament we have 119 ministers? This number
was not included in the Budget review.
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