THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Nick Clegg, the Deputy Prime Minister, has been advised to stop cycling to Downing Street because of a threat from students angry at his broken tuition fees pledge.
The security warning came ahead of a planned mass protest today which is expected to see thousands of young people around the country targeting Liberal Democrat MPs, including Mr Clegg.
Lib Dems have become the focus of student anger because in the run up to the general election they promised to scrap tuition fees altogether, only to support a substantial increase in rates after entering into a Coalition Government with the Conservatives.
Mr Clegg’s security personnel are understood to have told him that it was no longer safe for him to bicycle from his home in Putney, south west London, to his office in the Cabinet Office, beside 10 Downing Street.
There were fears that the Deputy Prime Minister could be knocked from his bicycle or pelted with objects. >>> Rosa Prince, Political Correspondent | Wednesday, November 24, 2010
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Tuition fee protest: why students are turning fire on Liberal Democrats: Thousands of students are preparing to turn their anger on the Liberal Democrats in a demonstration over broken promises on tuition fees. >>> Nick Collins | Wednesday, November 24, 2010
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Tuition fee protest: where demonstrations will take place: The Liberal Democrat headquarters will be targeted by thousands of students in a second wave of demonstrations against tuition fee hikes on Wednesday. >>> Nick Collins | Wednesday, November 24, 2010
