Stop the Cuts - National Demonstration

It has in the respect that with a majority they would abolition tuition fees altogether.

Ok, a straight up question, answer it as honestly as you can.

Why do you think Nick Clegg made the promise and then reneged on it ?

That might be because she is not in a coalition with the conservatives, given that position she might find herself in an equally difficult position.

Tynan, I'm not going to get in another silly argument with you. You described the ill will towards Nick Clegg as naive - stating that people are upset because the things he promised, were he to win, were not kept. That is, you wrote this:

People need to be realistic, running around burning effigies of Nick Clegg is probably great fun and gets everyone excited, but they made various promises about what they were going to if they won power, they didn't win power, but joined a coalition as the (very) junior partner so are unable to do as they please.

You might as well march around burning effigies of Caroline Lucas . . . look what the Green Party's policy on education states:

I read this as an insinuation (or perhaps outright claim) that people were angry with him because of unfulfilled promises he made were the libdems to come into power. I simply wanted to point out that that is wrong. He made a promise not to vote a certain way, and has broken that promise.

And being part of a coalition does not require you to vote with said coalition. An MPs first duty is (in a SMP system, especially) is to their constituents, not their party, and most definitely not the party they are in a coalition with.

And beyond that, the libdems were seen as a party of the left with progressive views. To be bending over so readily to the Conservatives is, if only in spirit, an absolute betrayal in the minds of those who voted for them. This is why Nick Clegg is now the least trusted of party leaders.

To be honest, I don't think the anger towards the libdems is silly at all. They should be ashamed of themselves, in my opinion. And once again, I'm happy to see people expressing this anger rather than, like the libdems, rolling over and doing what they're told.