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Students attack Prince Charles' car after fee hike
2010-12-09
In Britain's worst political violence in years, furious student protesters rained sticks and rocks on riot police, vandalized government buildings and attacked a car carrying Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, after lawmakers approved a controversial hike in university tuition fees.

Demonstrators set upon the heir to the throne's limousine as it drove through London's West End shopping and entertainment hub. Protesters who had been running amok and smashing shop windows kicked and threw paint at the car, which sped off.

Charles' office, Clarence House, confirmed the attack but said "their royal highnesses are unharmed."
The problem with privileged youth thinking the government is the answer to everything.
Posted by:DarthVader

#9  Tuition is going from around $5,000 per year to around $15,000 per year. Not an excuse for vandalism and violence. But if I were a British student I'd be pretty angry.
Posted by: CincinnatusChili   2010-12-09 23:39  

#8  not according to him

Fortunately for him, thinking at all, let alone clearly, is not a job requirement.
Posted by: trailing wife   2010-12-09 23:20  

#7  not according to him
Posted by: Frank G   2010-12-09 22:02  

#6  I don't understand. Prince Charles is merely an assistant figurehead, one of many sharing figureheading duties with the queen. Nobody serious pays any attention to his opinions whatsoever, and he has no power outside of his assigned residences... and precious little within them.
Posted by: trailing wife   2010-12-09 21:45  

#5  "they think they've got an entitlement to dip into other peoples wallets"

Same here, BP. >:-(
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2010-12-09 21:19  

#4  Name and Shame the lout
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2010-12-09 21:06  

#3  No they think they've got an entitlement to dip into other peoples wallets.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2010-12-09 20:11  

#2  "The fee was not hiked, the subsidy was lowered."

BP, kinda like here when the Dems call not appropriating as much money as they want for a project (but as much or more than was appropriated last year) a "spending cut."

Looks like we've got innumerate idiots on both sides of the Pond. (But we knew that.)

Guess the thugs students think your gummint's got a Magic Money Tree™ out back too.... :-(
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2010-12-09 19:50  

#1  The fee was not hiked, the subsidy was lowered.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2010-12-09 18:33  

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