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And only 35% of the electorate voted to remain...

Knighthood confirmed. :facepalm: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42504660 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42514116

Coalition agreement author accuses the Nick Clegg of 'talking crap' about his broken pledge: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/nick-clegg-was-actually-keen-to-treble-tuition-fees-former-coalition-colleague-reveals-10218326.html

I'm not sure I agree with your definitions of lies (I think lies can occur through negligence) but in any case there were plans before the election to abandon the tuition fee pledge if they were part of a coalition. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/nov/12/lib-dems-tuition-fees-clegg

I think I have but fair enough if you don't. The vote on tuition fees was part of the coalition agreement, agreed before the coalition was officially announced. It should never have become an agreement in the first place, it should have been one of their red lines given it was basically their...

No he didn't. He got a referendum on AV, which isn't PR. He wanted a referendum on the single transferable vote system, but the Conservatives wouldn't give him it, so he had to settle for a referendum on AV which is not PR. A referendum which was always going to be lost because pro-PR voters...

There is absolutely no excusing how the Lib Dems so blatantly misled those who voted for them. And they have deservedly paid the price for it. Their manifesto pledged to abolish tuition fees - fine, they were in a coalition, so they cannot do this. However, they could have simply kept things as...