Originally Posted by Derek

I'm hearing that quite a few of the protestors during the week are so hardcore and determined to smash the system that once contained and realising the Police weren't going to let them smash up anything resorted to calling mummy and asking for help

More than a few parents turned up at the cordon demanding their son/daughter be allowed through so they could be taken home.

Not exactly the image you want to portray to your hardcore hooligan chums.

Also the Guardian, presumably crapping it at the impending loss of advertising revenue from it's jobs section thanks to cutbacks, are calling a couple of mounted officers going into the crowd at a walking pace a charge.