I don't abuse anyone personally - I abuse their views if I find them detestable.
You don't think imputing this sort of nonsense:
I'm sure it makes you feel better seeing those dirty peasants denied an education 
constitutes personal abuse?
Your debating style is increasingly Libertas-ian, decrying others for failing to respond with high-minded debate (which you've never managed to exhibit yourself) with glib, abusive nonsense.
No, I don't think it constitutes personal abuse actually. I simply don't think there is any justification for tuition fees going up, and afleitch has constantly dodged my posts where I have challenged him on why they should go up.
And if so, the only reason my debating style is declining is because I can't be bothered writing posts no-one will reply to/seriously discuss.
Winston I have already explained in great length why I consider the settlement on fees to be the best option
where the only option is to increase the amount of money that students have to pay (which Labour also agree; with some supporting a graduate tax) I'm more in favour of levys than taxation; it's not news. I think the current deal is the best deal under the circumstances for not only students from poor backgrounds (with increased access to grants) but those who graduate and earn low incomes including the countless numbers who give back to the country in the civil service and the public sector. These concessions the NUS were prepared to sacrifice to pad the nests of well to do students.
What you did is make assumptions on my background based on the political party that I support which (on a night where I was not at my best) hit a very raw nerve. If anything part of the reason I was angry at the protests was exactly
because a huge swathe of those demonstrating either come from families or will become earners where fees will not make a financial impact.
You do realise that a side-effect of a disproportionate number of students being from middle/higher class families is that the interests of the poorest students are often under-represented in the NUS other student interest groups.
