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Tuition fees
This excellent blog by Nick Robinson pretty much sums it up.
I'm deeply annoyed by the result of the vote but not at all surprised. Everyone knows from back in May that the Lib + Lab numbers don't stack up high enough, and that's if all Lib Dem MPs voted against, which they weren't going to. The only way this was ever going to get defeated was if there had been a significant Tory rebellion, and nobody was targeting their MPs (although hurrah once again for David Davis).
Bah!
I'm deeply annoyed by the result of the vote but not at all surprised. Everyone knows from back in May that the Lib + Lab numbers don't stack up high enough, and that's if all Lib Dem MPs voted against, which they weren't going to. The only way this was ever going to get defeated was if there had been a significant Tory rebellion, and nobody was targeting their MPs (although hurrah once again for David Davis).
Bah!