Unless you've spent the last month in a cave (or you're simply not from England...) then you must have heard about the emerging crisis concerning student university fees.
The problem? In the face of the decimating deficit currently taking a firm grip upon the government's spending, the Coalition has decided to utilise a Del-Boy like money-making scheme in order to balance those books. English University fees will almost TREBLE from an already extortionate £3,500 a year (approximately) and that's not taking into account the other expenses that come with university life (accomodation, Pot Noodles, beer).
The (other) problem? The other cuts that have been made so far, the Police service for example, have obviously been met with upset and concern for those involved over the government's demands for decreased spending, however are (understandably) too busy and afraid to lose their jobs if they take to the streets of London and protest. Students however, are a different story. They have a massive amount of free time on their hands and are only too happy to give up watching Family Guy re-runs and having sponsored Wankathons in order to 'stick it to the man' and get protesting.
The (next) problem? As with any protest, there are two types of people whom attend; the majority (protesters) and the minority (dickheads). And without wishing to sound too much like an Attenborough documentary, the Dickheads, in their natural enviroment, experience an excess of stupidity and seemingly forget the cause that made them protest in the first place. This results in ritualistic acts of Dickhead prowess; dropping fire extinguishers off buildings into crowds and attacking the Royal Family (who definitely cause all of the problems in the world...clearly) being just two examples shown during the recent protests.
The consequences of this Dickhead infestation is the main problem for students however, as naturally, all media attention diverts to the minority and as such, the inital (justified) cause that thousands of students peacefully protested over is forgotten. Nice one Dickheads...
The (final) problem? The backlash now begins. Students who were previously neutral in the matter become tarnished in the media through the actions of the Dickhead minority and counteract this scapegoating by rebelling against the initial cause of the protests; the increased student fees. Therefore, what the country is left with is a problem that the population have created purely on their own, whilst the unfair, ridiculous actions of this joke of a government go unnoticed.
The country has forgotten that students needn't pay for university at all, take a look at Scotland. And yet suddenly, increasing fees to levels which are previously unhead of is an acceptable course of action for a government which no one voted for. Yet all that is focused upon in the minds of the populate are the events which occured during the protests, rather than the instigating factor. Put simply, England is not focused enough at the present time to mount a protest on government issues that is effective enough to cause change.
