Support our Students
Was disgusted with the actions of Karen Whitefield (left), Labour MSP and Chair of the Education Committee who used her casting vote to oppose the abolition of the Graduate Endowment, a ridiculous and unfair tax on students. The reason we want to abolish it is to encourage children from poorer backgrounds into further education. The reason they don't, is simply to scupper the SNP government.The petty point scoring is pathetic and unforgiveable.
I recently wrote about my 15 year old niece Christie and although she's only one person, I would argue she's fairly representative of the kind of young people the SNP government is trying to encourage into further education. If you read the posting it's clear the abolition of the graduate endowment will make all the difference to her attitude.
The vote takes place next Thursday - please lobby your Lib Dem members to ensure they turn up to support it. There's no point in them being all talk and no action - and there's no point relying on Labour to rid us of this ghastly tax!
