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Aug 10th 2009, 9:32 pm

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Bikbergen

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Re: An Ancient Brit

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Originally Posted by Cape Blue

Anyone who quotes from the DM (unless in jest) really does themselves a huge disservice- basically you know the post is going to be poorly observed and lacking in context before you even read it.

I do read the daily mail sometimes, when i find a copy on the train home, just to have a laugh.......you can't take it seriously and I feel sorry for people who do take it seriously

Aug 10th 2009, 9:40 pm

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Jules Europe

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Re: An Ancient Brit

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Originally Posted by formula

It use to be free until this Labour government. The vote to make people pay for the English and Welsh universities, went through parliament with Blair using the Scottish MPs backing to get this passed.

The point is, that it was only free before to UK citizens and not to people from all around the world which nutgrove suggested.

The situation now, is largely in line with other EU countries where EU citizens largely pay one price and the rest considerably more.