By Liz S

Saw this online via a Blue Sky account:

“Kaye Adams is the latest BBC Scotland presenter to deliberately mislead the public by conflating the Dundee University scandal with free tuition. The Dundee University funding issue was caused by financial mismanagement. It has nothing to do with free tuition. More BBC propaganda”

Strangely enough I also heard this via the new additional BBC propaganda programme, which is now a part of the BBC in Scotland , as in the podcast called Scotcast,.

As they were also debating this yesterday prompted by the Dundee University funding issue, but with no mention of the new Labour Dame Wendy Alexander and her role , up to late 2024, as the Vice President there at Dundee University.

Martin Geissler used an analogy of “parents of a child getting out the cheque book, to pay school fees for their child to attend, say , Fettes College in Edinburgh, in paying thousands for their education. Then come the time they go to University the Scottish government say ‘put away your cheque book we’ve got this”.

So his point was that free tuition fees was unfair as a Universal benefit for all children in Scotland, as in only offer this to some on a means tested basis ?

No that was not his point, as his point was that Scotland should follow England and Wales and apply tuition fees for all.

#SNPBAD

Of course another analogy Martin (intentionally) forgot to also mention was one where the not so wealthy parents of a child, who as a child , attends a state school in Scotland, and where the child is very bright and ambitious so they want to attend University.

However if tuition fees for a University in Scotland were in line with those of England & Wales , then the decision for that young person who attends a Scottish state school is one where he or she has to then decide , do they want to take on so much debt, in order to be able to pay these extortionate tuition fees ?

Plus of course all of the other expenses , food, housing and general living expenses that are incurred with attending University, especially if your University is in another city from you and your parents home, that then requires you to get a student loan as you will be more or less needing be self sufficient, or do they just decide, as young people, to give up their dream of getting a University education and so also give up having the career that they want to pursue as adults.

Universities are only, it seems, to be for Rich children who attend fee paying schools and not for the ordinary ones who attend state schools, that’s down to extortionate tuition fees aka student debt.

BBC always on the wrong side presenting (spinning) the wrong opinion and lies.

British broadcasting within Scotland exists to stop us all promoting the right side’s right opinions and truths, so that they , the BBC, can always do the opposite.

Vote SNP in 2026, that would P off the BBC and their undeserved licence fee !

Liz S