Stupid brats
Higher education is a privilege, not a right. Not everyone can expect to go on and do a 'do you want fries with that' degree and expect the taxpayer to pay for it.

Money is tight, and difficult decisions have to be made. I'd rather that schools and hospitals were well equipped rather than loads of middle-class fuckwits learn about the History of Art at my expense.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Wed 9 Nov 2011, 15:05, 1 reply, 14 years ago)

I think it doesn't help that so much money was pumped in to the banks.
But there was little choice. It had to be done or the whole infrastructure would collapse.

They have been very short sighted in paying bonuses again so soon.

That said, if you worked for RBS in Dartford, say, you stand a good chance of having been made redundant. Not all banking is investment banking.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Wed 9 Nov 2011, 15:09, Reply)

Definitely
Investment banking makes up a relatively small percentage of banking staff in the UK, but it's the larger group that have taken the hit in terms of job losses.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Wed 9 Nov 2011, 15:11, Reply)