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It's already come out that the LibDems had decided that if they went in to a coalition with the Tories they would drop their opposition to tuition fees. This was during the election campaign when they were still promising that if they got in they would abolish them. Since they, like the rest of us, knew they were not going to get in then you could say their only real policy on tuition fees was to accept them (and to go along with the increases which both Labour and Conservatives were obviously planning). This was the LibDem leadership - not the rank and file, not even the standing MPs. So singling out Clegg for criticism seems spot on really.
More broadly, how will the LibDems campaign in the next election? Will all of their policies be put forward with the proviso that they will ditch them if they enter a coalition government? The same question might be asked of the other two parties too. Which policies are not up for negotiation and compromise? In other words, which are promises and which are preferences?