The Tories would be mad to call an election now

[The_Equalizer]

Never seems to bother the LibDEms? Tuition fees 2011? Or is that too long ago now?

Trouble with those fees is the numbers going to university make it impossible to return to the days where it would be free. It's been mentioned here - and all over the place - but why not make core (say STEM) degrees have free places? It would also increase competition for these places and therefore standards too. Double win.

[jamesbrown]

In which case it works both ways. To ensure they have a technicial majority why not butter up the DUP given the 'cost' isn't that great?

Because the cost will be larger than most anticipate in terms of bungs to the DUP, and the arrangement is deeply unpopular when polled.

[The_Equalizer]

Because the cost will be larger than most anticipate in terms of bungs to the DUP, and the arrangement is deeply unpopular when polled.

The latter is important. I still suspect they'll be some kind of arrangement even if it isn't 'formally agreed'.

[TestMangler]

Never seems to bother the LibDEms? Tuition fees 2011? Or is that too long ago now?

I detest the Lib Dems. When they first went into coalition with labour in the first Scottish parliament, they said they were 100% going to 'abolish tuition fees'. What they did was move them to the point of graduation, but still continued to loudly proclaim that they had 'abolished tuition fees' and in fact, they regularly still say it was them that made uni tuition free in Scotland.

[BrilloPad]

I detest the Lib Dems. When they first went into coalition with labour in the first Scottish parliament, they said they were 100% going to 'abolish tuition fees'. What they did was move them to the point of graduation, but still continued to loudly proclaim that they had 'abolished tuition fees' and in fact, they regularly still say it was them that made uni tuition free in Scotland.

I detest all political parties. I often wonder which I detest the least.

[Big Blue Plymouth]

Trouble with those fees is the numbers going to university make it impossible to return to the days where it would be free. It's been mentioned here - and all over the place - but why not make core (say STEM) degrees have free places? It would also increase competition for these places and therefore standards too. Double win.

Corbyn plans to reintroduce maintenance grants too.

That has to be a huge sum of money - did they ever tell us how they were going to pay for it?

[scooterscot]

Which is why the DUP is the better option.

A new GE would be the better option.

This minority government cannot agree who should sit round the table after nearly two weeks. What the heck are they going to achieve during the exit negotiations? The EU have all the cards.

[scooterscot]

Corbyn plans to reintroduce maintenance grants too.

That has to be a huge sum of money - did they ever tell us how they were going to pay for it?

Same way as we paid for illegal wars I guess.

[The_Equalizer]

A new GE would be the better option.

This minority government cannot agree who should sit round the table after nearly two weeks. What the heck are they going to achieve during the exit negotiations? The EU have all the cards.

With the aim of getting a Labour/SNP coalition? Good try sunshine.

[SlipTheJab]

That's why they're holding talks with the Lib-Dems.

Tories hold talks with the Lib-Dems about a possible coalition

If they do they will have to trade in their minibus which they use to transport their ENTIRE number of UK MPs around for maybe a motorbike with side car , and the can then also hold their conference after the next election in a telephone box