'Power is just collective energy; to abuse the privilege is to rent with the illusion of owning’ Saul Williams

More money is spent on war then education. This is not only a historical fact but also a statement which applies to the Untied Kingdom. Nick Clegg or the proverbial Brutus in this theatrical joke of a government has turned his back on the voters who put him in to the ConDem coalition. Clegg has set up a dangerous precedent of politicians promising a policy in their manifesto then implementing the exact opposite once they get power.

As students march in obvious anger the media screams ‘Oh the Violence, the terrible violence, think of the children!’ A couple of windows and a police van were trashed but according to the government and the media London was supposedly burnt down. Clearly having to pay for someone else’s mistakes is going to get students slightly annoyed.

Public support is like a game of Jenga. For those not familiar with Jenga: ‘players take turns to remove a block from a tower and balance it on top, creating a taller and increasingly unstable structure as the game progresses.’ Unfortunately the tower will eventually fall when risky politicians go a step too far.

Even more unfortunate for the British public is that Cameron and Clegg are playing Jenga with our lives. Each block ruthlessly removed by Osborne is crucial to society. The student fee’s will be that block which causes the tower to topple.

As Michael ‘the elitist elmo’ Gove puts his hand on the block, something extraordinary happened. Revolt, protest, civil disobedience, occupation (not the Israeli kind) and wide-spread disarray at the policy emerged. Economic apartheid is the mission and a slyer, subdued effort by Cameron to create a disparity between rich and poor. Unlike Thatcher who was the equivalent of a reverse Robin Hood.

A system built on keeping you poor or in debt is not the definition I have of a liberal democracy. I don’t want to sleep each night and dream of paying off my gigantic student loan. The grave miscalculation of making the youth pay for the mistakes of selfish bankers has caused a backlash.

One thing politicians need to learn is not to play ‘Jenga’ with our lives.

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