Quote Originally Posted by bigfella View Post
They could at least have voted against it instead of just caving in.
Well they couldn't really if they wanted to be part of the Government. They had agreed to increasing tuition fees during the talks to form a coalition Government. The LibDems got some things they wanted but had to agree to other things they didn't but which the Conservatives did. It was horse trading carried out behind the scenes.

This was the point I was trying to make about coalition Governments. They sound like the obvious solution in principle but in practice you're going to upset some of your supporters who don't like what you've agreed to.