In response to John, no I don't believe that Leech got in on the Christie issue alone. There was as you mention the 'war' factor which I believe played a huge part in Labour losing Withington. Leech discredited former MP Keith Bradley by claiming that he was in favour of the war. Infact, he voted against it. The Lib Dem play on national and local fears in order to gain power, they have no coherent policies of their own. As for university fees, I finished university last year; I worked full time in addition to successfully completing a degree in History and Philosophy. I don't see why the taxpayer should pay for my education, it was my choice to go and therefore I should pay. The current system allows people to go to university, who ordinarily wouldn't be able to. Incidentally, the numbers of people going to university have increased dramatically over the past 10 years. I wonder if all the advocates of scrapping tuition fees would still support the idea if the government put up our taxes so as to pay for the increasing numbers attending?

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