Has Cameron forced the LibDems to renege on their signed pledges?

Only those in the Parliamentary Party. I don't think it will be long before cracks start to appear in the national party, although, watching Lib Dem councillors defending the leasers' line makes me think that, in the end , it will be their voters who will punish them. It was quite interesting to see how worried Nick Clegg looked during PMs question time.

I'm left to wonder how much power people expect the LibDems to have.

16% of the seats in this government are Lib Dem vs 84% Tory. The best anybody could realistically have hoped for was that Liberal values influenced Tory policy. This is not a Lib Dem majority government. Nor are the LibDems equal partners. They are very much the junior partner in the coalition.

The Lib Dem influence hasn't been huge, but it's been there - which is more than we could ever have said throughout the history of the party.

* Inheritance tax has not been cut.

* Income tax threshold has risen.

* Child benefit cuts only affect the top earners.

* Low & middle earners have been exempted from the public sector pay freeze.

* Taxpayers money will not be used to build nuclear power stations.

* There's a referendum on electoral reform.

* Councils are no longer barred from selling electricity back to the grid.

Lib Dem influence has done that. With just 57 seats.

As for the current proposal re. university fees: a loan that doesn't have to be paid back until you're on a comfortable salary (£21k vs the current £15k) doesn't seem too bad.

An end to up-front tuition fees is a good thing, isn't it?

Not likely. They like the politicians in the labour or tory parties never seem to keep their promises. After all they only tell their lies to us to get elected. What happens after they are is that they look only after themselves and their cronies. Look at Huhne. Ran in the election as a family man and stated the family was all important. Immediately after the election he dumps his family for his tart he had on the go for ages.

Seeing as I'm not a politician or wealthy and contribute to any political party I don't expect to be represented by any of them no matter the party. They have all proved over and over again that if a policy doesn't effect them personally or their cronies then it isn't implemented or carried through.

Point is. Getting any of our politicians to keep a promise or tell the truth is like trying to stick a wet noodle up a wild cats @rse.

The only libs who will most probably renege on their promise to their voters will be the 18 who sit in Government, I suspect many who arent in government and who did sign tuition pledges will rebel against the Gov, the first signs of this coalition collapsing maybe.

The problem with the left wing is that they have all these theoretical ideologies but they don't work well in practice.

The Lib Dems are just realising their policies are unrealistic.

Yes, she should be fired IF that is true. I never had a college professor discuss his/her personal political beliefs in class. (1964/68)