One aspect I missed of Gordon Brown's much-ridiculed promotion of "Britishness" in January was his suggestion that students in England might have their university tuition fees waived if they volunteered to do community work. This would, Brown believes, encourage "strong modern patriotism" and "an agreed British national purpose".
An interesting anomaly is that students in Scotland - where Brown's constituency is located - would not have to suffer this imposition as their fees are paid anyway under the separate devolutionary arrangements. And remember: it was Scottish MPs voting at Westminster who imposed the tuition fee policy on England against the collective wish of English MPs.
It is proposed, consequently, that English students should have to volunteer to do community work in the cause of building "an agreed British national purpose" whilst their Scottish counterparts can put their feet up.
Does the impertinence of Gordon Brown and his fellow Scottish MPs know no bounds?

Brown's audacity knows no bounds whatsoever. I'm all for devolution, but Scottish independence from England must go hand in hand with English independence from Scotland.
The example above is one of the worse.
Another point to ponder is that if our general elections in England excluded Scottish votes, we wouldn't have to worry about another Labour government.

I think the tuition fees will always be there and will rise. Unless i'm just being cynical what do you think the child trust fund is for :thumbsup: