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NUS national protest against the cuts 10.11.10 [London]

I noticed that, can't work out what it's even supposed to mean. Am I being thick here?

I'd imagine it's libdem co-opting of the phrase 'clear blue water'... Although 'clear yellow water' certainly sums up the piss-weak levels of holding the tories to account going on from the leadership of the third party...
 
What are you oinking about now? Oink oink!!

ACAB my arse. If you knew anything you'd know that my contributions here accept the fact that there will always be a need for a police system of some kind. No matter how things turn out, even if the sacred revolution happens, the holy Marxist grain is realised. ACAB is for football hooligans and people who use violence to protect their own and don't require state and law intervening.

I know you love to oink like the oink-it you are, but at least try to do some basic research before you laughably attack the 'ard man approach.

Not that anyone gives a fuck. Guess I'm the mug for even bothering to respond.

Oh and well done for phoning the cops, if it was you, and informing them about the hedgeparty. I guess you might be alarmed to find out about the phone calls I was made aware of. If that was you, pity, because it worked out well for me in the end, and I got an even better rig as a result, so if you or anyone else wants to fuck about in future, bring it on OinkIt, I'll let them take the system for the woods, can't be arsed to store it any longer anyway. Nice try cunt. :)

Oh dear, oh dear. You really are a pathetic excuse for a man, aren't you.
 
If you think a bit of pushing and shoving equals attacking the police you need to come to Belfast.
Where have I talked of what happened as any sort of serious attack on the police? It is the exact opposite of everything I have said about how serious I consider most of what happened. I'm not even sure I have used the phrase "attacking the police". That was (as usual) someone else misrepresenting what I had posted.
 
Why did the reception staff leave their posts then?

There's a massive difference between leaving your post because the building has been entered by protestors and your claim that they were running, screaming, terrified in fear of their lives.

Have you read the posts where people quote reception staff etc who were explicitly saying they didn't feel threatened?
 
someone said the police come under attack was poppycock and you said they were wrong...

that was not the police coming under attack, if they'd have come under attack they'd have been fucked.
 
Of course they did ...

You just can't help lying, can you, even when the truth is there for everyone to see on live TV ... :rolleyes:

No wonder everyone treats you and your mates as a joke.

If there's so much evidence why can't you point to any of it to back up your silliness?
 
this article contains the testimony of a worker on the third floor of the tower, who says that the fire alarm went off at 1am and they were all outside.

http://www.publicaffairsnews.com/no...as-rioters-turn-violent-at-millbank-tower/73/
You DO know that Millbank Tower isn't the same place as 30 Millbank which is the place that was trashed. You article helopfully contains the line: "A stoical Bryant continued: “To be honest, on the third floor of the tower we felt a lot safer than if we had been in 30 Millbank." ...

here's a tweet which presumably relates to news reports saying that staff aren't feeling threatened in the tower
And that helps establish how the reception staff in a different building felt how exactly ... :confused:
 
I was home from work that day and watched it all unfold on BBC news. The presenter who was covering the story had an office worker from millbank on the phone and for the duration of the interview he was desperately trying to get the office worker to admit that they were in fear of the protesters. He failed.

Although i paraphrase, at one point the interview sort of ran like this:

Presenter: "But surely you are all feeling scared in the office right now?"
Office worker: "Not really, no"
Presenter: "But surely you are all feeling worried for your safety in the office right now?"
Office worker: "No, not really. They have a right to express their views..."
Presenter: "Aren't you all just a little unsettled by everything going on out there?"
Office worker: "Well.... No, it's actually ok in here despite what you are showing at the moment"
Presenter: "Will you not agree with me that you aren't all at least the teensiest bit concerned by proceedings..."
Office worker: "No"

..and so on for about 5 minutes or so :D

The subtext of the questioning was quite clear: try and get the worker to admit that there was even a tiny possibility that people in the office may be slightly concerned so their comments would be blown out of all proportion. Fair play to the office worker for not falling for it :)
This "office worker" ... they were working in the reception area at 30 Millbank, yes? (If not, your point is .... ??? :confused:)

I really don't understand why a few idiots are attempting to convince everyone that the reception staff in 30 Millbank would never have felt the slightest bit concerned for their safety at any stage. It is patently obvious to any normal person that there would have come a time when they were seriously concerned for their safety and so they, er, left ... I seriously do not understand why a few idiots are making this such a big deal. Why does it fucking matter how scared they were anyway? It makes no difference to anyone's argument ... :rolleyes:
 
Of course they did ...

You just can't help lying, can you, even when the truth is there for everyone to see on live TV ... :rolleyes:

No wonder everyone treats you and your mates as a joke.

Hang on a minute - didn't you say eariler that there wasn't enough live tv coverage of what was going on? :confused:

You're all over the place.
 
You DO know that Millbank Tower isn't the same place as 30 Millbank which is the place that was trashed. You article helopfully contains the line: "A stoical Bryant continued: “To be honest, on the third floor of the tower we felt a lot safer than if we had been in 30 Millbank." ...


it's the same complex
 
This "office worker" ... they were working in the reception area at 30 Millbank, yes? (If not, your point is .... ??? :confused:)

I really don't understand why a few idiots are attempting to convince everyone that the reception staff in 30 Millbank would never have felt the slightest bit concerned for their safety at any stage. It is patently obvious to any normal person that there would have come a time when they were seriously concerned for their safety and so they, er, left ... I seriously do not understand why a few idiots are making this such a big deal. Why does it fucking matter how scared they were anyway? It makes no difference to anyone's argument ... :rolleyes:

I think there's a difference from thinking 'Oooer, might be an idea to get out of here for a bit' and 'OMG WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIEEEEEEEEEE'
 
someone said the police come under attack was poppycock and you said they were wrong...

that was not the police coming under attack, if they'd have come under attack they'd have been fucked.
So you are saying that no force was used or threatened by any protestor against any police officer at any stage in the whole incident at 30 Millbank?

Because if you are not then the phrase "the police were attacked" is accurate and your denial that there was any attack on the police is shown up as total bollocks.

You're just an idiot like madzone. It really is a waste of time trying to engage with you as you would with a grown up ...
 
So you are saying that no force was used or threatened by any protestor against any police officer at any stage in the whole incident at 30 Millbank?

Because if you are not then the phrase "the police were attacked" is accurate and your denial that there was any attack on the police is shown up as total bollocks.

You're just an idiot like madzone. It really is a waste of time trying to engage with you as you would with a grown up ...

I see you've not posted a picture of any receptionists in fear of their lives. Just replied to a poster and gone on the offensive - and that's a carefully chosen word - in a desperate bid to make the other folk on this thread LOOK OVER THERE!!!!11!!11!
 
it's the same complex
Yes. It's next door. It actually had it's reception windows broken too (by some protestors who got the wrong building).

But it might as well be on the moon as far as we are concerned, as we are only talking about the staff in the reception area at 30 Millbank and whether they would have been terrified at any stage ...
 
Yes. It's next door. It actually had it's reception windows broken too (by some protestors who got the wrong building).

But it might as well be on the moon as far as we are concerned, as we are only talking about the staff in the reception area at 30 Millbank and whether they would have been terrified at any stage ...

Makes no difference to finding the evidence to back up your assumptions does it?
 
I see you've not posted a picture of any receptionists in fear of their lives.
I have not seen any pictures of the receptionists "in fear of their lives". I have not even seen any pictures of the receptionists being terrified or in fear for their personal safety (which are the phrases I have actually used). There are hours of footage and thousands of pictures on the web. I have no intention of wasting my life looking for one to prove what is patently bleeding obvious to any normal person: that there came a point at which the receptionist, initially seen carrying on with her work as the first few students came in and started making the place look untidy but very little else (a situation that madzone, who initially raised the issue of the receptionists, implied continued throughout the whole incident (because that was the only footage she had seen at that point) and thus illustrated that all these claims that it had kicked off in anything like a serious way were bollocks*) decided that she was in danger and that it would best to leave. I suspect that the various cameramen also visible in the reception area in those early stages also took exactly the same decision and fucked off at about the same time (in fact one BBC News 24 (I think) reporter was heard on air saying "We've got to get out of here now, it's too dangerous" when they cut to him at about the time the windows started going in).

To suggest (as madzone and revol68 are doing) that the receptionist (and other reception staff) were never terrified or concerned for their personal safety is simply ridiculous. It is patently obvious to any normal person that they would have been. Now are you normal or do want to join the fuckwits?

(* Post 1567 if you're interested (cos otherwise madzone will simply deny posting it ...) - I simply responded saying it got worse later, she countered with another claim that the reception staff were just watching the windows getting broken from the inside and that they were some distance from the reception desk (she later laughably claimed that it was 10-15ft and that this meant that anyone at the desk couldn't possibly be scared ... :rolleyes:) ... but when I posted a picture demonstrating that she hadn't got a clue what she was talking about she went into total attack d-b mode as usual. She really should learn not to gob off until she knows what she's gobbing off about and she really does need to do something about her response to being shown to be wrong ... after all, it happens time and time again!)
 
I have not seen any pictures of the receptionists "in fear of their lives". I have not even seen any pictures of the receptionists being terrified or in fear for their personal safety (which are the phrases I have actually used). There are hours of footage and thousands of pictures on the web. I have no intention of wasting my life looking for one to prove what is patently bleeding obvious to any normal person: that there came a point at which the receptionist, initially seen carrying on with her work as the first few students came in and started making the place look untidy but very little else (a situation that madzone, who initially raised the issue of the receptionists, implied continued throughout the whole incident (because that was the only footage she had seen at that point) and thus illustrated that all these claims that it had kicked off in anything like a serious way were bollocks*) decided that she was in danger and that it would best to leave. I suspect that the various cameramen also visible in the reception area in those early stages also took exactly the same decision and fucked off at about the same time (in fact one BBC News 24 (I think) reporter was heard on air saying "We've got to get out of here now, it's too dangerous" when they cut to him at about the time the windows started going in).

To suggest (as madzone and revol68 are doing) that the receptionist (and other reception staff) were never terrified or concerned for their personal safety is simply ridiculous. It is patently obvious to any normal person that they would have been. Now are you normal or do want to join the fuckwits?

(* here's the post (cos otherwise madzone will simply deny posting it ...) http://www.urban75.net/vbulletin/th....10-London?p=11233571&viewfull=1#post11233571)

But if there's hours of footage and thousands of pictures a simple google image/video search would easily find one that backs up your 'assumptions' :facepalm:
 
Or not being a bit scared?

Because madzone wrote this: "In all the videos I've seen the poeple sitting behind reception just look bemused. They certainly don't appear to be intimidated. None of them even got up out of their chairs ffs. "
 
Why are people arguing about the receptionist being a bit scared?

Because DB was using it as a reason we should all be cross with the naughty protestors. Now he can't actually produce any evidence he's making out he never wanted to talk about it in the first place :D
 
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