university fees. it is potentially another headache by him in talking about revenue and expenditure. lam revenue and expenditure. iamon revenue and expenditure. i am on the council of the university of birminghamat interest. that announcement at the conservative party conference, i have it on authority, there was no warning to higher education of what was coming, and what the times calls the announcement of the £2 billion promised to freeze tuition fees. it is running into operation the opposition, surprise surprise, and it isa opposition, surprise surprise, and it is a cabinet minister, no less, who was quoted. party conferences require announcements to be made, and sometimes they leave you saddled with policy commitments that are not always entirely thought through. i rememberother always entirely thought through. i remember other people in days gone by google accused of making policy up by google accused of making policy up on the back of cigarette packets, in taxis in liverpool. do you agree with the article when it says that party —— people accused of making policy up. they have got to find a solution. i was thinking today, ahead of that tory party conference, we we re ahead of that tory