UK Politics

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CrazyHorse said:

trashleg said:

CrazyHorse said:

It's too early to decide yet, I'll wait to hear what comes out from the remaining party conferences as well as the manifestos closer to election time. I'm not really keen on any of the  parties will go with who ever comes closest to my views.

Pro-European

Pro-Nuclear Energy

Pro-Electoral Reform (elected House of Lords, proportional representation)

I would like to see tution fees scrapped but entry requiremnts significantly raised so that university becomes a career choice again rather than a lifestyle choice (and pointless courses should be dropped).

Not too sure where I stand on taxation but I like the idea Kowenicki suggested about reducing income tax and rasing VAT.

Not sure about the war either. I don't think us leaving will be good for Afghanistan but I'm not sure us staying is going to resolve the situation anytime soon.

if those people have the means to pay for them, why shouldn't they be entitled to go learn about what they're interested in? it may be "pointless" to you, and i agree there are some courses i would regerd as important as others but if there wasn't demand for them tehy wouldn't be running.

also, to the guy who was saying about the 54 deaths turning into 9000 deaths. it isnt just about a generation or 2 later there's a cancer incidence, what happened may well have caused massive genetic mutations that will manifest themselves in gerenation upon generation to come, maybe for a very long time. :/

 

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That's a fair point. I just don't think courses which offer no benefit to society should be paid for by society but if people want to pay to learn about their interest that's fine (and I respect anyone who wants to learn simply for the sake of learning). As for the demand, I have a feeling a lot of that is due to the low restrictions and 'easier' nature of certain courses which appeal to people who simply want to experience the university lifestyle.

yeah i agree with that. i hope you dont think i was being pedantic, just wanted to understand how general you were being ^_^