Tuition fees: cutting the cost of university will not gain student votes

It’s said that Ed Milliband is cutting tuition fees in an attempt to get the student vote in marginal constituencies which have a large student population. One such constituency is Bristol West. I know a man who was delivering student electoral registration forms in that area last week. The pay is good, £1.60 per form, and there are usually four or five envelopes per house. He earned £400 on a few evenings and was pleased. Read more...