University vs Trade

This is a short one.

Dear Prime Minister,
Why, oh why, oh why, MUST everyone go to University? When its 4 o'clock in the morning, pissing rain and there is a hole in my roof caused by, I don't know, de-orbiting Branson-craft, I do not need a Media Studies graduate. I need someone qualified to fix my shagging roof!

Not everyone in the country, even if it is steered¹ by New Labour, a) knows what they want to do after school and b) has the ability or finances to complete a degree.
So, why force more people to go to university if they don't want to or won't make it? All that's happening is that you've got people part-qualified in something completely useless to the world with thousands of pounds in debt! It's basically a stealth tax.

Let the people who probably won't make it though (and let's face it, a significant proportion don't, regardless of their class, or brains, or finances) go do something useful, because I guarantee they're far more likely to get a job and get paid WAY more money being a plumber or a electrician.

So if you're undecided about higher education, DON'T throw two years and several grand down the toilet. Become a plumber. You'll be living in a four bedroom house inside two years.

¹ I use "steered" in the biblical sense. What does that mean anyway?