NUS national protest against the cuts 10.11.10 [London]

[grit]

Seems a bit strange that its all kicking off now as from what I experienced the majority of people seemed to be going back to their coaches and heading home.

Yeah, I was down there and fucked off at about 3pm as it seemed to be wrapping up. Very disappointed now to be getting texts when I got off the tube that it was kicking off

 

[editor]

They've found some posh protesters on Sky now.

 

[Paulie Tandoori]

fucking students!!!

(fucking well done this time )

 

[Stoat Boy]

They've found some posh protesters on Sky now.

The ones I had to work my way through all sounded very well spoken.

 

[TAE]

Sky news lies. The 'concrete' looks suspiciously floaty. Oh it's bits of paper.

Sounded very much like deliberate misinformation to me.

 

[gawkrodger]

Those evil students are throwing concrete cunningly disguised as sheets of paper off the roof.

as I posted on teh last page, according to one of the Granuaid's journos it's actually copies of Socialist Worker haha

 

[rekil]

Coppers waiting for the cover of darkness or what.

 

[agricola]

Makes me wonder if the Old Bill are perhaps being more 'lenient' by way of reminding the Government who protects them. Mates of mine in the Police force are worried about their pensions (which is why the majority of them seem to stay in the job for so long) will come under 'review'.

Could be a way of letting the Conservatives know how much they might be needing them.

Good Lord, lets hope so. Though they actually want you working as long as possible, the last thing they want is people leaving when their pension comes due (which can be as early as 48) because they get far more from it than if, say, they work to 60 and then die a couple of years later.

 

[ska invita]

Why did the BBC segregate the Welsh off in this report: "Students from Wales join fees rise protest in London" http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-11724278 ??

 

[Gerry1time]

I was walking down whitehall at the start of the rally a couple of hours ago and it all seemed good natured to me, if massive. Lots of NUS stewards out trying to keep the pavements free for people and so on.

Guess there was an excitable atmosphere to it all, someone letting off fireworks in whitehall and so on, but didn't seem much different to other student rallies, just larger.

Lots of socialist worker signs out though, but then they always produce the most placards to people to carry anyway, to make their numbers look bigger.

Wish I'd walked down whitehall after my meeting too now, rather than deciding to take the back way to charing cross for a change.

 

[editor]

Mind you, it's great to see students getting arsey and uppity about politics again.

 

[agricola]

They've found some posh protesters on Sky now.

What a group of absolute bellends. Especially that lad in the leather coat.

 

[Maurice Picarda]

Good Lord, lets hope so. Though they actually want you working as long as possible, the last thing they want is people leaving when their pension comes due (which can be as early as 48) because they get far more from it than if, say, they work to 60 and then die a couple of years later.

I thought lots of forces were gloing to enforce 30-year retirement in order to get headcount down.

 

[dennisr]

Yeah, funny how the BBC cameras have stopped now the riot police have turned up. Just showing the same clips over and over again.

indeed - hope folk are OK

 

[RaverDrew]

These posh twit students are hilariously cringeworthy

A career in the Lib-Dems beckons...

 

[temper_tantrum]

Coppers waiting for the cover of darkness or what.

Yup!!!
Edit: Can anyone see on the footage whether they're wearing their numbers?

 

[Streathamite]

students are always a big part of protests though, they are the protesting demographic.

they've been bloody hopeless for the past 20 years tho'

 

[Dan U]

footage of a fire extinguisher being thrown on sky off the roof

but the sky bod at the scene now saying its just been paper

 

[agricola]

I thought lots of forces were gloing to enforce 30-year retirement in order to get headcount down.

Thats more because they can get rid of those people a lot easier and cheaper than they can get rid of officers with less than 30 years service, or even civil staff. All they have to do is state that keeping them on isnt in the interests of efficiency and they go - which is a bit daft, given that lots of forces have kept people on after 30 years service, because its cheaper than hiring and training new staff (North Wales, for instance, will lose 25% of its officers in the next 4 years if they get rid of people at 30, and they have not been recruiting for ages, even transferees). So in a couple of years they will no doubt panic-recruit like they did at the end of the 1990s (which is not that bad, thats how I got in )

 

[Chairman Meow]

Just hear they have set two fires on the fourth floor! I used to work on the fourth floor! Unless they've moved that's where the soon to be abolished Audit Commission reside, I reckon they're taking advantage and burning a few dodgy files!

 

[rutabowa]

they've been bloody hopeless for the past 20 years tho'

there have been lots of big protests in the last 20 years, including the biggest one ever.
people are only students for 3 years anyway, it's not like they are some seperate class.

 

[stethoscope]

Mind you, it's great to see students getting arsey and uppity about politics again.

This.

 

[vauxhallmum]

Did they say there were problems round M15 or M16?

 

[agricola]

Did they say there were problems round M15 or M16?

No, they (MI5) have just panicked because its about 50 metres away back towards Lambeth Bridge.

 

[Zabo]

Mind you, it's great to see students getting arsey and uppity about politics again.

Seconded. Anything to enliven this moribund shit hole of a society.

I was one of the group that threw out the Chancellor from his office at Man' Uni' in ye good olde days. We had a ball. We soon finished off his entertainment budget.

I hope this isn't a passing phase.

Enjoy yourselves kids.

 

[sir.clip]

They expected around 20,000 and have got something like 45,000 (NUS estimate 52,000). That's a fucking big protest by anyone's standard,.

Ticket master missed a trick with this one i tell ya.

 

[TAE]

Do you reccon that many people will try to join in after work?

 

[Chairman Meow]

I'm actually a bit jealous because I never got to go on the roof as there were two lifts, one for floor 1-15 IIRC, and the other for 15+, and the security guard wouldn't let me go in the other lift.

 

[Santino]

Why did the BBC segregate the Welsh off in this report: "Students from Wales join fees rise protest in London" http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-11724278 ??

Because that's BBC Wales news.

 

[*Miss Daisy*]

Mind you, it's great to see students getting arsey and uppity about politics again.