tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14422435.post2620818467967331247..comments2024-10-25T13:58:36.797+01:00septicislehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03369157723084834549noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14422435.post-34925241673482095012010-12-11T17:31:29.761+00:002010-12-11T17:31:29.761+00:00Cracking post as ever. The whole situation is the most cynical piece of political maneuvering I&#39;ve seen in a long while. I&#39;m sure there are yet more examples to come. <br /><br />I&#39;ve been touting this article from the London Review of Books around to anyone who&#39;ll listen as it&#39;s a good examination of the wider implications of the Browne report&#39;s recommendations - http://www.lrb.co.uk/v32/n21/stefan-collini/brownes-gamble - and they ain&#39;t purdy...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14422435.post-44054967655201172902010-12-10T13:16:33.217+00:002010-12-10T13:16:33.217+00:00I think that your analysis is spot on, and one of the most sensible that I&#39;ve read, but the most important point seems to be that there is no real opposition to the trebling of fees (and certainly not from labour.) the vision of an enlightened and publicly funded university system seems to be as distant and unimaginable as camelot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14422435.post-26371656165861047062010-12-10T08:37:55.097+00:002010-12-10T08:37:55.097+00:00Except of course, some of the violence wasn&#39;t wanton. If the pictures I saw were right, it was directed at the Treasury and Top Shop. The source of the old corruption in favouring rich and privileged tax dodgers and the owner of Top Shop, the receipient of our largesse got what they deserved.Richard Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17225331967587897653noreply@blogger.com