@ Trapt - sorry, no. The majority of the people causing the violence were the 'anarchist' louts who always turn up at demonstrations here and go on the rampage. Over a million people marched against the war in Iraq without being violent, their voices were not heard, the issue there was more important. This is all political - the NUS didn't have half as big a march when Labour actually introduced fees, probably because their leader at the time was about to get a safe seat in Parliament! Corrupt, partisan, middle-class arseholes who wouldn't know genuine poverty if it hit them in the face with a brick. Maybe if they didn't spend all their money on £100 clothes they'd seem less hypocritical ("anarchists" complaining because the state won't pay for their education, come the fuck on) but as things are in this country financially, either the tuition fees can stay at the current level and half the universities in the country close, or students start to pay a bit more. Sure, under an all-Lib Dem government we'd have got rid of fees, perhaps by getting rid of Trident. Alas, we didn't win the election, and are making the best of a bad hand. The proposed system is that they only start repayments when they're earning £21k a year, the richer pay more than the poorer, there are funds available for poorest students, no upfront payments. That's all a lot, lot better than the previous system.
