benjii

No it isn't. If you can't get your head around that you shouldn't be going to uni anyway. Most of these same kids would say they want a mortgage, a much larger loan on commercially "harder" terms, ASAP.

Absolutely agree, which is why this policy will hopefully have the effect of putting off the ever increasing number of students of ****poor intelligence that Labour seemed so keen to foist upon the FE industry (and vice versa).

Probably the latter I reckon mate. I agree, it makes me angry that anyone would deliberately seriously hurt any living thing for fun. Although, I think eating meat is cruel and unnecessary yet I happily do that so I confuse myself somewhat.

Obviously they are ****s but comments like, "what has happened to this country?" are just bizarre. You think cruelty to animals is a new thing?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-11986228 Ahh, I see the UAF dinlos are planning on stirring the pot a bit.... nevermind.

Who? I've never heard of him and I am far more knowledgeable and intelligent than most members of the public. I predict, therefore, that as long as this isn't hyped absurdly, irresponsibly and sensationalistically by the media, his attendance or otherwise at any minority rally will be entirely inconsequential.

Pay it back. You will probably not earn more than you're paying on it.

Most people who don't like Deppo are intimidated by, and scared of, his intelligence.

Bit more realistic IMO.

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I'm a bit puzzled by the polarisation of these events in the media. Could it not be the case that both the police and the protesters are a bunch of ****s?

[video=youtube;VCGA9p2-jAo] Shows that not a lot changes....

I don't think many of those things. I was pointing out that your statement that "the problems have come about" since Puncheon went on loan is obviously rubbish. You seem to be acknowledging this yourself now so I won't mention it again.

It is means tested FFS, just in a different way. You only start paying it back when you earn enough money. Your means are tested retrospectively. It is clearly a much fairer method than upfront means testing which would help the poorest few, be of little consequence to the rich but shaft the vast majority of middle-income families. Further, universities wishing to charge the highest fees (remember this is an increase in a cap - not a prescirbed charge) will be required to provide bursaries. I still have yet to hear a single convincing argument as to how this reduces access to anyone who wants to do something a bit meaningful. I have no doubt it may put off a lot of people of middling intelligence who never would have got anywhere near a "university" when the obtaining of a degree actually counted for something from reading X-Factor studies at the university of West Rutland; but that is a good thing.

Dear, oh dear. The entire premise of this thread is what, that you generalise about a group of many millions of people? Or hundreds of thousands? Or just the parliamentary party? Depends what you mean by "Tories", I guess but if you need it pointed out to you that making crude generalisations is facile, immature and the action of a sad, bitter, political pigmy then I, for one, care not what you mean.

What a load of rubbish. The problem throughout the whole season has been failing to score goals from chances created when in charge of matches. Lambert is the most guilty of this and Puncheon probably comes in second. It would be nice to have Puncheon around but the fact that he isn't here at the moment is not the reason we are not higher up the table. "The problems have come about...." what utter, utter arse. Our form is better since he left than before, so it is just a complete arse-berry of a statement.

Comments above, sir. I am going to bed now and will not be on here for several days, so with this I bid you good night and all the best.

The NUS are a massive bunch of ****s whose agenda is not the good of higher education but rather the political success of the Labour party.

Exactly.

Utter rubbish. It's two hour's work. Get a ****ing job, or if you have one, work two more hours. Alternatively spend ten pounds less on other things. Most people at college are still supported by their parent. The notion that the majority need that hand-out is completely disingenuous. The EMA was a pitiful thing introduced by Labour for no good reason.

Half the people at uni will never put it to any good use as you suggest. There are people with a clutch of distinctly average A-Levels studying something like Law at former polytechnics. FFS, they are never going to get a job at a good law firm. The top firms are massively oversubscribed when it comes to graduate recruitment. There are plenty of similar scenarios. Access to university should be available for the brightest, regardless of economic means; it should not be for the masses.

So anything that was ever enjoyed by anyone should be freely available to all and sundry from then on in as a matter of principle? Ok, ignore the polemical bits; do you think students should be able to sign on the dole over the summer?

That just penalises those that do well. The proposed system is much fairer where everyone pays the same unless they are earning a pittance.