seemed to have little sympathy for students who have accumulated massive amounts of student debt during a town hall with constituents last week.
Now, Mr Clegg looked like a "schmuck," a "Judas Iscariot" and a "dickhead", it was variously suggested.Even among voters with little sympathy for students, the Lib Dems look like two-timing cynics.
Perhaps some reading this have limited sympathy with students, and believe they should tone down the actions and the rhetoric; stick to politely lobbying their MP, that sort of thing.
A university's registrar cannot do this: he (almost always a he) doesn't have credibility or sympathy with students, will not be willing or able to get into a direct dialogue with protestors, and will typically have a counter-productively punitive attitude to the whole business.
Nyang'oro, too, is described as feeling sympathy for student athletes who were struggling to keep up academically.
Still, he said, the protests today, with popular sympathy and student involvement, "shows there is still a certain vigor".
"We have great sympathy for this student and any student who may have experienced sexual assault.
Students said they were shocked by Mr. Bogenberger's death, but they also expressed some sympathy for the students charged.
Mr Zhao's sympathy for the students cost him his job and his freedom, but Mr Wen managed to come back from political oblivion to become premier.
Asked recently about the Hong Kong democracy protests, Ma expressed sympathy for the students, but added that they "should not push too much".
