Colin Firth dumps Liberal Democrats over student fees
Colin Firth, the actor and one of the celebrity backers of the Liberal Democrats at the election, has admitted he no longer supported the party.
Speaking at a film festival in Dubai he said:
"I think it is profoundly disillusioning if you are a student who registered to vote simply because of what the Liberal Democrat were promising, and many, many did and simply because of what the Liberal Democrats had to say about tuition fees and things. It is one of the reasons I went in that direction."
He insisted he was not disputing the personal integrity of Clegg saying: "I do believe he did what he thought was the only choice at that time given the parliamentary situation and it being impossible to do a deal with Labour."
He added the decision "made it difficult for us who thought progressive politics would be the way forward".
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