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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/clegg-urged-to-oppose-fees-increase.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Lib Dems have called on leader Nick Clegg to oppose the proposed rise in tuition fees" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/min-clegg-urged-to-oppose-fees-increase.jpg" alt="Lib Dems have called on leader Nick Clegg to oppose the proposed rise in tuition fees"/></a></p>
<p>More than 100 Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidates have called on leader Nick Clegg to oppose the proposed rise in tuition fees.</p>
<p>The 104 activists warned Mr Clegg the party &#8211; which pledged before the election to vote against any rise &#8211; could face &#8220;many more years back in the political wilderness&#8221; unless MPs rejected the coalition Government&#8217;s plans.</p>
<p>A parliamentary vote on the measure is expected next month and Lib Dems are permitted to abstain under the coalition agreement with the Conservatives.</p>
<p>But the candidates&#8217; petition, published on West Sussex County Council member Derek Deedman&#8217;s website, said: &#8220;During the general election campaign many of our MPs (and now government ministers) signed a pledge with the National Union of Students that they would vote against any tuition fee rises during the course of the next Parliament.</p>
<p>&#8220;The wording of this pledge clearly indicated that this would be unconditional; regardless of whether the party was in government or in opposition.</p>
<p>&#8220;The party has been very clear for many years about its view on tuition fees and that we feel they should be abolished.&#8221;</p>
<p>It added that the candidates stance was &#8220;not a rebellion&#8221;.</p>
<p>But the petition went on: &#8220;There is one thing that sets the Liberal Democrats apart from other political parties; this is that when we say we will do something during election campaigns we then do it in government.&#8221;</p>
<p>The proposals to allow universities to raise fees by up to £9,000 a year have sparked two days of mass protests by students and lecturers this month.</p>
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