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March 29, 2004

Watch this space

Tution fees are in the news again, as the government prepares to face yet another revolt. And should the government lose, the blame will fall squarely on the shoulders of those in government too arrogant to consider any ammendments to their beloved legislation. There were two key factors in the governments previous, 5-vote victory over the rebels last time; the Hutton Report and the opportunity for the bill to be ammended during the committee stage. Well the Hutton report was published and the government survived that, but in their arrogance they have brooked no change at committee. As a result, I suspect that more back-benchers will vote against the government this time, secure that there would be no no-confidence issues were the government to lose. And accusing many back-bench rebels of collusion with the Conservatives won't sit very well with those who object on non-partisan grounds.

My prediction is that the government will lose by half a dozen votes.

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Posted by Clive on March 29, 2004 1:34 PM in the category Old Stuff

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