Nick Clegg, the Lib Dem leader who was today praised for the way of Lord Ashdown he tuition fees has addressed. Photography: Kevin Coombs/ReutersFormer Liberal leader Paddy Ashdown, moved today to support for Nick Clegg, helping the faces the strongest challenge his authority since the creation of the coalition after he no agreement about tuition fees with the Party President in advance on to convey a Commons vote on Thursday.
As the Deputy Prime Minister for a "train wreck" saw bracing who share its members rebels Lib Dem Backbenchers is their demands for the vote in favour of a wider review intensify financing abandoned the University, four ways.
Ashdown cashed it any benefit from a "unpopular decision", say years before Lib Dems saw, "at the moment you [public] just not hear," adding: "Nick could deliver the sermon on the mount, they are simply not hear." He said Ashdown reforms would vote for the tuition fee.
In coalition with another party, it is "some things you like and some things that you don't like", he told BBC Radio 4's today programme. "Although it is a commitment that was made during the election, there is an other agreement we stick to the coalition agreement is." "Says that at least you to vote for him include if you can."
The party "wanted to process its" hammer a position and each MP had to decide whether you could support. "I personally think that Nick has handled this with great wisdom and great courage," said Ashdown.
Amid fears in Downing Street, that the damage is a disproportionate amount Clegg sanctioned David Cameron a "save Nick" operation over the weekend to the shore of his Deputy's position, planning of two announcements that would appeal to the Lib Dem members.
David Gauke, the Treasury Minister is Todayannounce plans, one of the main manifest commitments to the Lib Dems: cracking on corporate tax avoidance. He will say, legislation will be introduced next year, to £ 2 billion - save and protect a further £ 5 billion - fight corporate tax avoidance, some companies and avoid income tax VAT avoiding.
A £ 150 m Scholarship Fund is separate, up to 6000 was unveiled by business Secretary, Vince cable, up to 18,000 students from poorer backgrounds from the payment of tuition fees in your first year at University, £ fee free. Students from poorer backgrounds at universities charge £ 9,000 would be paid by the University considered a year for an additional year of free tuition.
But the concessions have failed to sway senior Lib Dem Backbenchers of intense negotiations with the leadership before the vote involved. This explains a weekend of mixed messages where cable announced on Friday, that he would on the rise in fees vote, then Saturday said he could contain the voice. Clegg intentions in the independent clarified the leadership on Sunday when he confirmed he would support the rise.
Clegg and other Lib Dem senior Ministers, such as e.g. cable its decision after failing to broker a deal with Tim Farron, the party's newly achieved President.
The Group of lib had senior Minister whom Farron said agreed, me abstained - delete your preferred option of votes - if he would follow your example. But Farron clear signed his promise by Clegg and could not break the most Lib Dem candidates in the general election against a rise in fees.
The failure of the negotiations means that lib might divide the members four types:
Vote for increasing • senior lib the Minister will be with the ground, cable, and Danny Alexander designed lib the chief Secretary to the Treasury policy. The Ministers believe it fairer than the current system, because numbers back, if you earned £ 21,000 instead of £ 15,000 would begin graduates fees.
• A group of Ministers and some backbencher will exercise your right under the voice coalition agreement to contain.
• A significant group of Backbenchers votes against the rise. This will include expected Farron Greg Mulholland, John Leech, the former leader Sir Menzies Campbell and Charles Kennedy.
• Some members are ready to give up for the vote if it vote enough support to the table a change of Government motion on Thursday. A stock early day motion Government to convince people that it is in its proposals to fair and sustainable not accused, might be changed to an amendment.
Clegg, a meeting of his parliamentary party tomorrow night will address, believes his best goal is to ensure that the vote results Thursday to an outbreak of finger-pointing. A source said: "Nick want everyone to vote Yes." But this is not a realistic option. Everyone knew that this would be difficult for the party. "The goal is to get through a week without any lingering bitterness now."
But rebels Backbenchers made it clear that have been spoiling for a fight. Mulholland, the early day motion abandoned call for the vote to review the student financing be submitted told the guardian: "It is in nobody's interest to do so at this time." Sometimes the courageous thing to do is admit need rethinking. "The best thing for higher education is not by force this vote on Thursday."
Today Mulholland said ITV daybreak: "This directive is not in the spirit of the coalition agreement." This is not a compromise; This is something that we could have envisaged might not put to the vote: a tripling of tuition fees; many of us just do not and will not be accepted.
"I say the Government you really, need to think again." Have any significant number of own backbencher, convinced, convinced, have the NIS, have convinced future graduates and their families not. "You must think again and find these people on issues like us to do a better way."
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