Nick Clegg interview ahead of vote on rise in university tuition fees

ENGLAND: London: Cabinet Office: INT Nick Clegg MP (Deputy Prime Minister) interview SOT - we changed the policy on tuition fees before the election / we didn't go into the election promising to get rid of tuition fees overnight Q: you didn't go into election promising to triple them Nick Clegg continued SOT - I'm open about the fact we haven't been able to deliver what we promised - it wasn't to get rid of tuition fees overnight, it wasn't even to scrap tuition fees in one parliament, it was to do it over many more years in recognition of fact that as student numbers grow in size it becomes more and more expensive to deliver that pledge - when I went to university in the 1990s far fewer people went to university than they do now Q: issue is the policy you went into election on / on July 9th at meeting of federal policy cttee you tried to drop that too Nick Clegg continued SOT - I'm fascinated that you are now so interested in the internal workings of the Lib Dems - what is important is the policy in the manifesto / I am leader of the Lib Dems, I fought the campaign on that manifesto / I first described to you what that policy was, it wasn't the overnight scrapping of fees Q: it was abolition not tripling Nick Clegg continued SOT - we cannot deliver it for number of simple reasons, foremost amongst them that we came third in the election / we didn't win and you can only deliver promises in politics if you win outright Q: you thought that was a bad policy Nick Clegg continued SOT - David Laws can speak for himself / I'm the leader of the party I believe in the policy... (interrupted) Q: but you also wanted to dump that policy Nick Clegg continued SOT - no, we revised the policy / I believe in the policy / we are a party, thankfully, unlike other parties, much to the frustration in the media, that takes these decisions in a collective and deliberate manner and we collectively decided to adjust our policy which we now regr...
ENGLAND: London: Cabinet Office: INT Nick Clegg MP (Deputy Prime Minister) interview SOT - we changed the policy on tuition fees before the election / we didn't go into the election promising to get rid of tuition fees overnight Q: you didn't go into election promising to triple them Nick Clegg continued SOT - I'm open about the fact we haven't been able to deliver what we promised - it wasn't to get rid of tuition fees overnight, it wasn't even to scrap tuition fees in one parliament, it was to do it over many more years in recognition of fact that as student numbers grow in size it becomes more and more expensive to deliver that pledge - when I went to university in the 1990s far fewer people went to university than they do now Q: issue is the policy you went into election on / on July 9th at meeting of federal policy cttee you tried to drop that too Nick Clegg continued SOT - I'm fascinated that you are now so interested in the internal workings of the Lib Dems - what is important is the policy in the manifesto / I am leader of the Lib Dems, I fought the campaign on that manifesto / I first described to you what that policy was, it wasn't the overnight scrapping of fees Q: it was abolition not tripling Nick Clegg continued SOT - we cannot deliver it for number of simple reasons, foremost amongst them that we came third in the election / we didn't win and you can only deliver promises in politics if you win outright Q: you thought that was a bad policy Nick Clegg continued SOT - David Laws can speak for himself / I'm the leader of the party I believe in the policy... (interrupted) Q: but you also wanted to dump that policy Nick Clegg continued SOT - no, we revised the policy / I believe in the policy / we are a party, thankfully, unlike other parties, much to the frustration in the media, that takes these decisions in a collective and deliberate manner and we collectively decided to adjust our policy which we now regr...
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