TV opponent is back on the attack

The medical student who led the TV onslaught against Tony Blair today returned to the attack against his plans for university top-up fees.

Julia Prague, 19, from Mill Hill, said: "I cannot understand why anyone would want to encourage a system whereby your debts exceed your income."

Ms Prague, a second-year student at Guy's, King's and St Thomas' Medical School, said she wanted to become a doctor as her 53-year-old mother has suffered from cancer.

She said: "It was a case of me wanting to put something back after everything I've received. Most people want to go into medicine to help people, not because of the financial rewards."

Ms Prague lives with her mother, a children's chaperone on film sets, her 52-year-old father, who works in sales, and her brother Robert, 17.

She gained A-levels in sociology, biology and psychology at Mill Hill County High School, then taught herself chemistry and gained an A, after deciding to become a doctor.

Ms Prague led the attack on the Prime Minister during last night's BBC Newsnight, saying he "infuriated" her.

She said: "I'm from an average, middle-class background. It will be students from my sort of background who will be most deterred because they know they won't get any financial help such as you are suggesting for poor students."