Anarchy on our streets

[anotheoldgit]

http://tinyurl.com/32b9rh8

Once again the nasty Far Left raises it's ugly head, not a peaceful EDL parade to high jack this time but a protest by students.Not saying that some students weren't egged on by these thugs, and these along with the 'Left' rabble rouses when identified should suffer the full weight of the law.

The Police not wanting to be seen as bully boys were insignificant in their numbers, but then had they been a stronger force, using stronger action, it would have been them who made the headlines, with the photographers
clambering to get a shot of some policeman retaliating to protect himself.

[Gromit]

AOG`

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[rov1200]

As proven by the poll tax riots, civil disturbance and anarchy are most likely to have an effect. If it had been an ordinbary demonstration it would have achieved a few lines in a newspaper and soon forgotten about. Politicians afraid of their own skins will reconsider the problem of student grants and you can bet they will modify their plans.

Interestingly Cameron on lecturing to the Chinese students said foreign students have paid more than their fair share of fees and in future more burden will be put on British students to pay up. Talk about changing the views to suit your audience.

[Gromit]

My line would normally be that such demonstrations though part of the democratic process, are undemocratic, as the Government was elected by the people. However the Liberal Democrats campaigned on abolishing tuition fees, and actively went after the student vote. For them to get into Government and then pursue a policy of tripling fees leaves the people who were lied to and had voted for them, very angry. When election promises are so blatantly broken, maybe the people shouldn't let them get away with it lightly.

5,000 were expected yesterday, and 50,000 turned up. Shows the depth of anger over this.

[anotheoldgit]

Gromit

Just in time for the 2 minutes silence, I managed it all on my own, thanks all the same.

[Zeuhl]

Let me check my understanding here:

There was a march through London of tens of thousands of students.
And a small percentage of them thought it would be big and clever to go on a rampage; smash some windows, throw things and get into a ruck with the police.

Well! Quelle surprise!

Like that's never happened before. I am really shocked.
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[NazNomad]

Were they Students (Post-Graduate)?

;-)