Can I re-illiterate my point that they seem to have NO IDEA what they are actually protesting about! They seem to have been blinkered by this £9,000 a year headline which the Government think less than 5% of students will actually pay that much, and the ones that do it will mostly be for fast track courses which are condensed from 4-5 years into 2, thus actually SAVING them money. Then they take the example of a 5 year course. £9,000 x 5 years, oh I'll be £45,000 in debt now under the new system. IT WONT WORK LIKE THAT. They are just too stupid to realize it, which is ironic for the Supposed "future of our country" as some have put it.
If they actually sat down and worked out what they will pay under the rules they will, in most cases, realize they will be better off, and those though are slightly worse off, for example middle class kids form £40+k a year households leaving uni to go into £41,000+ jobs will pay marginally more than the old system, but the way it's structured makes it easier to pay, and more bloody fair! If your on £41,000+ a year why wouldn't you pay more for the education which got you there?
Also after 30 years the remainder of the debt is written off if unpaid. The government have predicted that over 50% of graduates wont pay back the full amount and over 10% are likely to not pay a penny back!
But no, lets go smash up Whitehall because it's our right to do so.....for a cause we seem to know absolutely fuck all about which will actually make my life easier if I bothered to sit down and actually engage my brain.