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The part of my quotation that you manually removed addresses this point. Not everyone wants to pay for these degrees.

We're spending £90bn more than we're earning as a country. So if you want to spend more, you've got to cut something else. And although you might be happy spending and taxing as much as possible, what you're asking for is everyone else in the country to support that.

But it is not for free. We can't educate people to their heart's content without some opportunity cost. Fewer trains, fewer bridges being built, hospitals... it's not like there is an infinite pot of money for anyone to learn as much as possible about whatever they want without paying their way...

What fraction of people studying a degree actually use that knowledge in their subsequent employment? I would say 50%, at most. For many, it is a 3 year party to delay entry into the working world. I will happily pay for a high quality education for someone else. I just doubt the effectiveness...

I agree with this, if the limited availability is given on academic merit alone

And you're as happy contributing the same amount towards a fashion degree as a physics degree? What if the student drops out after two years? Was it money well-spent? If you make something free, someone will take it. I don't think that creates the right incentives for 17 year olds to make the...

Will you be picking up the tab then?

To go to university 40 years ago you had to be smart. I don't think that's the case now. I'd happily subsidise SOME higher education via taxation, but only the core subjects that actually require a degree (STEM, economics, and that's about it), and only on the condition that the students...