You can't fool all the people all the time

A quick update on a story I ranted about earlier this week. Apparently none of us are philanthropists – or at least none of us are falling for this new version of the stealth tax. In reports in the Daily Telegraph, there have been no immediate offers to pledge money to Universities from senior executives. Grant Hearn, chief executive of Travelodge said, "There is a growing engagement within the business community to get involved in philanthropy. But in my view contributing time is a much better way than giving money.”

Can it be that no-one backs this nonsense policy from the Government because no-one has been fooled by it? It is clear what the aim was from the start: fund universities with the public purse, but make it look like charity. No one is is falling for it Prime Minister. Sorry.