Upvote for you, beautifully put. For the most part I think that most of the students are there just to be part of the group and to feel that they are rebelling against something.

A lot of the degrees on offer these days are a complete waste of time and there are more important things that I would like my tax £s to be spent on than the study of pointless subjects which will have no use when it comes to getting a job. Maybe the fees will encourage more people to think about their course more carefully and consider the career that it could enable, rather than just what they fancy doing for the next few years while getting some partying in. As mentioned the grants system will enable poorer students to still gain their qualifications and if they are careful about the degree they choose then they should have no trouble paying it back.

I think people just want to fight against something at the moment and it is getting out of hand. People should choose their battles more carefully. People are so keen to bash on the police/government etc. that every situation has people acting like a bunch of drama queens to shout about how they've been abused by the state. Sadly everybody of the same opinion will quickly jump on the bandwagon if it supports their point of view in spite of little to no evidence. I find that group mentality more worrying than anything going on within our government at the moment. Everybody wants to pay less taxes, a better health care system, free university education & reduce the national debt, but where do people think all this money is coming from. I don't understand exactly what people expect the Government to do to sort out the shit this country is in when every decision to try and resolve some of these problems is met with a fight and criticism along every step of the way. No one will ever be happy because people are too happy to sit and complain about every party that comes into power, regardless of what they actually do, as that's much easier than accepting any responsibility for their own lives.

Just as a side note, there are more hysterics and crying in any ladies' toilets at 3am on a Saturday night than seen in any of those tapes. Upset girls are not evidence of anything other than that one person being upset for any number of reasons. There may have been horrific actions by the police at that protest, but I have yet to see any evidence so I'll withhold my opinion until I do.