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| Britain |
| Student protests turn violent in London |
| 2010-11-25 |
| [Iran Press TV] A second mass student protest in London has turned violent with protesters complaining that the government would not pay attention to their peaceful measures. There had been a huge turnout for the demonstration - much more than the 20,000 that the organizers had been expecting, a Press TV correspondent reported from London. There were strong feelings on the march - with much vitriol targeted towards Prime Minister David Cameron and his deputy Nick Clegg. Banners and pictures particularly accused Clegg, often in unambiguous terms, of betraying students, according to the report. The students accused the Liberal Democrats' leader of breaking his party's promise to students to vote against a fee increase. The protesters rolled their eyes, jumped up and down, and hollered poorly rhymed slogans real loud such as, "No ifs, no buts, no education cuts", "Ho Ho Cameron has got to go", and Tory Scum Here We Come". In London, violence intensified after protesters reached Trafalgar Square and police began arresting students. As the public frustration gathered pace among protesters, a group of students tried to overturn a police van, while other engaged in street battle with police. A protester told Press TV correspondent that the government and the media have been trying to induce an image of protesters that the public treat them as anarchists. "When we protested last week and it escalated into violence the media, kind of, portrayed a different image to what we were trying to communicate. So, hopefully we are trying to make the people hear our message rather than just the media," he said. Another protestor expounded on the fact that why protests may turn violent, despite their initial peaceful nature. "Well, on the other hand, I can understand the frustration of the people who resorted to violence because there have been so many peaceful protests recently, but they have not been taken seriously by the government. So, there also needs to be shown that there is a real cause for the anger from the students", she said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 I take it there's no GI Bill in England where you 'earn' your way to higher education? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2010-11-25 09:30 |
| #2 If they're so interested in violence, draft them and send them to Afghanistan (but don't give them guns - just truck keys and latrine mops etc.) |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2010-11-25 00:16 |
| #1 If they're so interested in violence, draft them and send them to Afghanistan (but don't give them guns - just truck keys and latrine mops etc.) |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2010-11-25 00:16 |