what a shocking and disgusting sight!

[Bobbisox]

We knew we were in for cuts by this Government but to see students lighting fires outside Tory HQ and smashing the windows of Millbank Towers in London is, quite frankly, sickening, it's like looking at mob rule, what they expect to achieve by their thug-like actions, I don't know!
(Sky News)
[Edit: Inserted Breaking News & Comment From Twitter - Spare Ed]

[ummmm]

Just seen it on ITV. They should get the hoses out...

[redcrx]

their parents must be so proud

[cazzz1975]

I thought it was amusing this morning on the news when one student said "they are preventing people getting degree's for the love of learning"

I would rather people got degree's that they needed, then utilised them in the working world rather than spend their life avoiding reality by doing needless courses

[sandyRoe]

Students used to protest about apartheid, Viet-nam, and the like. Now it takes a threat to their own interests to get them on the streets. Sad, or what?

[Davethedog]

A rethink, its quite clear that reasoning doesn't work.

I have no objections to this as a tory policy but Clegg is a power hungry hypocrite who is willing to sacrifice his partys mandate to futher his own cause.

If a few windows make him think there are rammifications so be it.

Those kids will get arrested and have a criminal record for the rest of thier days.

Meanwhile others are already going about the democratic process.

Hope your not to shocked because this is just the start.

[Dris]

Agree ummmm -no fannying about.Mind you rent a mob will probably be there-the ones who turn up at the first scent of the chances of trouble.Shocking though -not doing themselves any favours.

[cazzz1975]

redhelen its just another way to avoid real life, todays demo is not about what they believe in, its about a trip to london "woo-hoo" ect..

[jackthehat]

"A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights."
Napoleon Bonaparte

[Bobbisox]

the ar$e-holes at the forefront of this have all got their face covered...Effing cowards, I bet a lot are not even students...sickening!

[anotheoldgit]

Quite agree Bobbisox, nothing more than thugs.

Most of them gain their violent actions while members of the UAF (Unite Against Fascism) 'The nasty Left'.

/// The march, called by UAF and Love Music Hate Racism, was supported by the TUC and the Muslim Council of Britain ///

/// But it was the presence of large number of young people, school and university students that gave the demo its exuberant character.///

http://tinyurl.com/3x8uyob

[Sqad]

JTH....in my day to go to University was not a "right" it was a "privilege"

This is appalling, but what do you expect when now 80% of school leavers go to "University?".......I almost have problems typing the word.

[cazzz1975]

like how the ed has 'slipped one in'

[sandyRoe]

Sqad, wasn't university a right for the privileged?

[Davethedog]

Slipped? Sledgehammered :-D

[jno]

what sandyRoe said. I used to protest about the Vietnam war and was surprised years later to read in a US politician's memoirs that one particular demo had shocked him with its depth of feeling and encouraged him to soften his views... okay, I didn't end the war personally but I did my bit.

On the other hand there weren't any threats to our education in those days.

[jno]

sandy, yep, I'm always impressed how easily our dim-bulb royals get into Cambridge. Privilege?

[cazzz1975]

love that comment on the twitter feed, 88% of students struggle to make ends meet, yet they can afford to booze at the weekends

[Sqad]

sandy.....quite the opposite, one worked hard, one passed the examinations and one got to University. Those that could afford it paid, those that couldnt were means tested and got a grant and their tuition fees paid.

My "parents" were means tested and I got a grant and my fees paid and it was under a Tory Council.

Can´t see much wrong with that.............can you?

[sandyRoe]

The Torys have put the 'n' into cuts. Now there's a classic...