<p>LONDON Furious student protesters attacked a car carrying Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, vandalized buildings and battled riot police Thursday as a controversial hike in university fees triggered Britain's worst political violence in years.</p>
<p>In a major security breach, demonstrators set upon the heir to the throne's Rolls Royce as it drove through London's busy West End on its way to a theater. A group of up to 20 struck it with fists, sticks and bottles, breaking a window and splattering the gleaming black vehicle with paint.</p>
<p>In the frenzy, some chanted "off with their heads!"</p>
<p>Well considering the political leaders had promised not to raise tuition I can’t say I blame them for getting ****ed. Here we’d just say “oh, gay” and get back to watching whatever’s on TV.</p>
<p>I am interested in what exactly the legislation was, it says in the article they tripled tuition-- do they mean they were going to raise it that high all at once? Yikes</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure it won’t be phased in for a few years. It still sucks for people who will be entering uni when it’s actually enacted, as well as for people doing post-graduate studies.</p>
<p>Paulandart: Don’t talk about something you have no idea about.
The main point is the Nick Clegg, our deputy prime minister, signed a pledge not to raise tuition fees, as did all the Lib Dem politicians and then broke his promise… that’s kind of a big deal.</p>
<p>Even by tripling the cost, going to Oxford is still cheaper today than going to Minnesota as in-state student. Yeah it is bad. But there are people in the world that had worse. Suck it up and move on. You can always choose to give up Oxford and come to Minnesota!</p>
<p>Regardless of the cost of a US university, I would be pretty annoyed if I were a parent and I’d thought I’d saved for my kids college only to find I’m two thirds short. It’s all relative, a 3x hike all at once is a lot regardless. And if a pledge was signed that they wouldn’t raise tuition (which from my american perspective seems like it was perhaps a stupid thing to do in this day and age, but i digress) i would be ****ed, too.</p>
<p>The government will triple fees to make up for an arbitrary 80% cut in university funding. People are rightly angry, given that Britain now has the most expensive public universities in the world. I think all British students accept they need to pay a contribution; the question is how much of a contribution is fair. Nine thousand pounds isn’t. British students’ parents don’t pay for their tuition fees, unlike in the US, so I’m uncertain what you mean when you say: “now YOU, not your parents, have to pay for them” - you don’t appear to know much about this subject, or Europe for that matter.</p>
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<p>I fail to see the relevance in British-American tuition fee comparisons; the two societies are completely different.</p>
<p>I’d be fairly ticked as well if I saw a person whose entire existence has revolved around leeching off the public dime drove by in a Rolls Royce (well, they didn’t actually drive by, they were driven by) showing the extravagance they’re allowed to have while I’m stuck with paying three times for college what I was told to expect.</p>
<p>Yet, Most Brits are still pro-monarchy… They complain about cuts here and there, taxes rising, buy they’re happy to pay an extortianate amount to keep an outdated political system in place… ****ing royalists.</p>