Nick Clegg made a promise in his manifesto saying he would scrap tuition fees. Once into government though he voted with the Tories to triple tuition fees to £9,000.
Nick Clegg campaigned against what he called a "Tory VAT Bombshell" during the election. But he voted with the Tories to raise the VAT to 20%.
Nick Clegg says that"thanks to the Liberal Democrats, the government has been helping people get through these difficult times with measures to make life fairer and easier". With Liberal Democrats in government, things are getting harder, wages are down £1,500 an average since the election.
Nick Clegg said "Difficult decisions are going to have to be made in public spending, but Sure Start is one of the best things the last government has done and I want all these centres to stay open". Again the Liberal Democrats backed the Tories to make cuts to Sure Start and as a result over 150 centres have closed.
In Nick Cleggs manifesto he promised to put 3000 more police on the beat. Again, since they got into government they have backed the Tory plans to cut 15,000 police.
The Liberal Democrats have said that special advisers "are political jobs, and should, therefore, be funded by political parties". Nick Clegg alone has sixteen special advisers, paid for at the hard working tax taxpayers' expense.
This shows how the Liberal Democrats cant be trusted at a national level. They cant be trusted at a local level either.
Diana Smith, Councillor for Watling voted with the Tory led council in favour of their last budget. This budget included a rise in council tax just short of 2% at the same time as a pay freeze to council workers, who have not had any pay rise in 5 years. (remember Nick Clegg saying the Lib-Dems have helped people through difficult times?)
It looks like the Lib-Dems will go against there promise, principle and there own party just to get a bit of power. The Lib-Dems and the Tories are very much both the same. A vote for the Liberal Democrats in 2010 was the same as a vote for the Tories.
Don't be fooled by the lies again.
