Oh the Hypocrisy!

Yesterday I wrote in support of the Coalition's plans to increase tuition fees, and explained why I was hoping that the House of Lords would allow the reforms to pass through the Upper Chamber without amendment.  Despite my obvious pleasure at the much-needed reforms finally being passed, I find myself less than comfortable with the way in which they have been passed.

Tuition Fees (Take Two)

A few months ago I wrote in support of tuition fees.  The post was very well received, provoked some interesting debate on the matter, and was even featured on the leading Conservative website, ConservativeHome.  Given the recent votes on Coalition plans to increase tuition fees, and the fact that the House of Lords will tonight vote on whether to ratify the Coalition's plans I feel that the time is right to elucidate a little on my previous post.  Given the previous post, I shall forego some of the more basic details and dive right in at the deep end...

Where do the parties stand?

Last week I received a very interesting and thought provoking e-mail from a friend, asking for my thoughts on the state of the parties.  In replying I thought that he actually raised a very interesting point, and an issue worth sharing.  So here's his question, and my response.