As expected, the Coalition succeeded in getting its highly controversial increase in tuition fees through Parliament.
However, this was only possible with the Conservatives' junior partners being split three ways on this issue, with most voting in favour but a significant number - including former leaders Charles Kennedy and Menzies Campbell - opposing the new legislation and others abstaining as is their right under the Coalition agreement.
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has admitted that it was a mistake to come out so against a rise in tuition fees during the 2010 election campaign. But this has come too late to repair his damaged reputation.
Nobody willl trust a word he says again and the Lib Dems will no doubt take a real battering in next year's local elections.
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