Wednesday, 10 November 2010

We're All in This Together

In order to show how fair the current tuition fee rise is, I thought I would list the members of the cabinet that received an Oxbridge education absolutely free of charge. This way we can see how we are all in this together, as the coalition like to say. So here goes:

David Cameron (Con) - Prime Minister - Brasenose College, Oxford. Has paid = £0

Nick Clegg (LD) - Deputy Prime Minister - Robinson College, Cambridge. Has paid = £0

George Osborne (Con) - Chancellor of the Exchequer - Magdalen College, Oxford. Has paid = £0

William Hague (Con) - Foreign Secretary - Magdalen College, Oxford. Has paid = £0

Theresa May (Con) - Home Secretary - St Hugh's College, Oxford. Has paid = £0

Michael Gove (Con) - Education Secretary - Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. Has paid = £0

Ken Clarke (Con) - Justice Secretary - Gonville and Cauis College, Cambridge. Has paid = £0

Danny Alexander (LD) - Chief Secretary to the Treasury - St Anne's College, Oxford. Has paid = £0

Chris Huhne (LD) - Energy Secretary - Magdalen College, Oxford. Has paid = £0

Philip Hammond (Con) - Transport Secretary - University College, Oxford. Has paid = £0

Andrew Mitchell (Con) - International Development Secretary - Jesus College, Cambridge. Has paid = £0

Owen Paterson (Con) - Northern Ireland Secretary - Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. Has paid £0

Jeremy Hunt (Con) - Culture Secretary - Magdalen College, Oxford. Has paid £0

Francis Maude (Con) - Cabinet Office Secretary - Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. Has paid £0

Sir George Young (Con) - Leader of the House of Commons - Christ Church, Oxford. Has paid £0

Dominic Grieve (Con) - Attorney-General - Magdalen College, Oxford. Has paid = £0


These people are now trying to force students to pay £9,000 a year for the privilege of attending University.


WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER

2 comments:

  1. This makes me want to hurt things...might even throw some fire-extinguishers around...just for lulz

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  2. Fiddy, has this proposal actually been implemented? It's patently ridiculous to charge 9 grand for an undergrad--talk about a one way ticket to an undereducated population!

    Good on you for doing the research and pointing out those mp's who hold a hypocritcal stance (though since all of them graduated over 5 years ago, I suppose anyone supporting the bill could be lumped into that category--the Oxbridge folks moreso due to the likely increase in price those unis could charge if there were full deregulation).

    In any case, I would submit that any country that wishes the greatest benefit to their population in the long run would prioritize an affordable and effective post-secondary education system.

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