Celebrate Thatcher's death party, tonight, Windrush Square

[Minnie_the_Minx]

You lot celebrating is being called disorder

MPS Helicopters ‏@MPSinthesky 36m
Hovering and monitoring disorder on Brixton Road @MPSLewisham

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Police helicopters circling round Brixton... A sadly predictable end to any social gathering in the town centre

There's only 1 helicopter

 

[kittyP]

Police helicopters circling round Brixton... A sadly predictable end to any social gathering in the town centre

To be honest. It's not just Brixton. I am sure it would be worse if that many people descended on a suburban town centre unplanned.
At least Brixton is pretty used to it.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

The police are there though

 

[Chim450]

Ah yeah, sorry you're very right.. Police helicopter circling round Brixton... A sadly predictable end to any social gathering in the town centre

 

[RedDragon]

LBC just reported a number of arrest...

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

No one mentioned a riot but I think the police have stopped a load of people leaving the square.
I might be wrong.

I'm sure Badgers will be fine

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Ah yeah, sorry you're very right.. Police helicopter circling round Brixton... A sadly predictable end to any social gathering in the town centre

1 is common. If another one arrived, then I'd start to worry

 

[buscador]

That hecalopter whizzing over SE24 is beginning to piss me off now. Another arrest might be imminent.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

and I reckon if it was kicking off, you'd hear a siren or two

 

[pesh]

it's what she would have wanted.

 

[Chim450]

1 is common. If another one arrived, then I'd start to worry

Haha, that's true! I over reacted!

 

[kittyP]

and I reckon if it was kicking off, you'd hear a siren or two

Tbh honest when the riots happened a couple of years ago we heard nothing apart from the helicopters.
I am not saying anything is happening though.

 

[editor]

Just got backs. The cops were admirably laid back all day until some pissed-up, over-excited aggressive twats starting attacking what seemed like random people in the street on Brixton Road. I saw some arsehole throw a bottle in someone's face and another attack some other non-violent type. A bit of a sad end to what was a rather splendid day, really.

 

[editor]

Tbh honest when the riots happened a couple of years ago we heard nothing apart from the helicopters.
I am not saying anything is happening though.

There's no riots. Just people hanging about in the street.
A window at Barnados got broken and I thought that was a really shit thing to do until it was explained to me the reasons why.

 

[kittyP]

Oh dear. How long ago was that Ed?

 

[Miss-Shelf]

Just got backs. The cops were admirably laid back all day

until some pissed-up, over-excited aggressive twats starting attacking what seemed like random people in the street on Brixton Road. I saw some arsehole throw a bottle in someone's face and another attack some other non-violent type. A bit of a sad end to what was a rather splendid day, really.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Tbh honest when the riots happened a couple of years ago we heard nothing apart from the helicopters.
I am not saying anything is happening though.

Yes, but just because they're there, doesn't mean there's a riot. Obviously they're not chasing a burglar or a nicked car, but a helicopter doesn't mean a riot. It just means a load of people start speculating that there's a riot before it's actually happened

 

[Brixton Hatter]

Just got back - fantastic night.

I'm proud of my fellow Brixtonites - we fucking partied and gave it proper. Proper carnival atmosphere. Loads of Urbanites out, old and new. Old friends, new friends. All united in the hatred of Thatcher, a proper cnut who tried to destroy our country.

My Crispy -built soundsystem was a huge hit, keepin the hoards entertained with 80's ska and punk.

 

[kittyP]

Yes, but just because they're there, doesn't mean there's a riot. Obviously they're not chasing a burglar or a nicked car, but a helicopter doesn't mean a riot. It just means a load of people start speculating that there's a riot before it's actually happened

No I know I am just being silly. Anxiety is just through the roof atm

 

[editor]

i heart brixton ‏@iheartbrixton 1h

People are actually having a party in windrush square. I think celebrating anyone's death is a disgusting thing to do.

Their next tweet says a lot about them:

i heart brixton ‏@iheartbrixton 10h
On a totes non-thatcher topic, if you love hip hop get tickets to see Jurassic 5 at @O2academybrix June 4, they are THE masters!! #Brixton

"Totes"

 

[Kanda]

Oh dear. How long ago was that Ed?

I was with him, he's fine.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Just got back - fantastic night.

I'm proud of my fellow Brixtonites - we fucking partied and gave it proper. Proper carnival atmosphere. Loads of Urbanites out, old and new. Old friends, new friends. All united in the hatred of Thatcher, a proper cnut who tried to destroy our country.

My Crispy -built soundsystem was a huge hit, keepin the hoards entertained with 80's ska and punk.

Shame they didn't put up a message for Cameron

 

[kittyP]

I was with him, he's fine.

Thank you

 

[Brixton Hatter]

as we were leaving at about 1am, the party spilled into the high street. Riot police in hats turned up to shepherd people away, but there was no trouble, just joy and laughing.

 

[editor]

I feel utterly proud of Brixton tonight. A great turn out - and the Albert was packed like a Friday night, full of revellers.

I ended on 'Shipbuilding' which seemed appropriate.

 

[Brixton Hatter]

That was the best party in central Brixton since Reclaim the Streets in about 1998/1999. Even better than the Olympic procession day when we booed all the banks and corporate sponsors

 

[princess_k]

I ended up there all on my own tonight, but it was great. I don't know any of you but there was a high proportion of attractive people so I'll assume that was all the urbanites!

The helicopter's stopped so I can sleep now. Night all.

 

[Brixton Hatter]

This was sent to me from my family in Liverpool:

For
The Miners
The Shipbuilders
The Steelworkers
The Old that Froze to Death
The Old that Couldn't Afford Food
For the Thousands Made Homeless

For
The North
The Disenfranchised Black Youth
The Lost Generation of Young
The Hillsborough families
The men dead in a conflict designed to win her an election
The men traumatised from the Falklands War
For Northern Ireland

For
my mam and dad
my Grandparents
my brother
every LGBT kid who committed suicide due to Section 28 in schools
The teachers
The victims of gaybashing which were never investigated due to pressure from her government
For the gay men stitched up and banged up for being gay

For
The women of Greenham Common who were beaten and had their kids forcibly taken into care for no reason
For the men and women assaulted in the Battle of the Beanfield
For the men and women consigned to the scrapheap
For the services that used to belong to all of us and now are badly run in the hands of the rich
For the country that used to stand for social justice and created the National Health Service
The mentally ill thrown out on the streets
The children abused in care homes and ignored or worse abused by some in her government
iron lady Rust in Peace

Sean Farrell​

 

[editor]