Discussion on British Politics

[Divey]

I would categorise myself as middle class and my parents are conservative and I was brought up in an extremely conservative area of England, however I will be voting Labour in the upcoming general election. People may complain about Labour's manifesto and how they claim to abolish tuition fees and the right are likely to hop on the bandwagon and claim that this is economically impossible, however with the tax increase it is nothing dramatic, we will only be forging a small amount of our wages to the people of Britain. Think of it like this, I highly doubt many of you would say that you don't want to hand over your money to the NHS, because it is an essential service that benefits us all, I believe university to be an essential service for us all too.

Over the coming years under the Conservative party they aim to rise tuition fees each year and even to this day, after I go to university the year after mine will have to pay a considerable amount more for their education than I do just because they were born a year after me, this isn't right. The Conservatives have identified that many of us going to university aren't getting degree level jobs and they want to combat this by rising the tuition fees, as they aim to make it look less appealing to those in the lower social classes. This isn't right, education should be a meritocracy (everyone is given an equal chance), I have seen many stereotypes thrown throughout this page claiming that the working class aren't working hard and so they don't deserve your tax and this may be true for some, but what about the people who have worked tirelessly, have achieved amazing grades throughout their years in education, however we put up a blockade from them advancing further in university due to their financial situation which they have found themselves in simply because of their parents decisions in life. This isn't right. This isn't the only reason I am voting for Labour of course, but as a person going to university soon this is of course going to be something that interests me in the Labour party.