I was pleased to discover today that Sir Menzies Campbell has pledged to continue opposing tuition fees, even though it may mean voting against Coalition proposals for University funding etc when they come before Parliament.

Personally I am not enamoured by the whip system and would prefer to see all MP’s voting according to their own beliefs and conscience.But that is sort of another issue really. 

But I am particularly keen that the Lib Dems should not abandon their commmittment to scrapping tuition fees and I don’t see why a coalition agreement should stop us doing so.

All parties, and the Lib Dems are no exception, must be free to campaign and for that matter develop policy. Those freedoms must be protected within the framework of the Coalition otherwise the party will cease to “think”. That would be stifling and only serve in itself to undermine the longevity of this Coalition.

So Ming the Merciless to lead the first rebellion against the Coalition – who’d have thought it!  Well done Ming.