Students Rioting in London. - Page 20

Sirius · 10-12-2010, 06:54

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Originally Posted by papa smurf

what will they be protesting/rioting about ?

What ever the union anti Government louts want them to. This type of trouble will play right into there hands. Punky saw it for what it was and i and everyone else will see it over the coming months from other groups with a vendetta against the Government and anyone they dont like in particular.

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Originally Posted by papa smurf

i blame lying politicians for this mess .

I blame the hooligan students for this mess, I did not see a single member of the Government involved in any of that trouble last night. I did not see them attacking people, smashing up buildings and trying to rob shops, unless you saw differently ?

papa smurf · 10-12-2010, 07:03

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Originally Posted by Sirius

What ever the unions anti Government louts want them to. This type of trouble will play right into there hands. Punky saw it for what it was and i and everyone else will see it over the coming months from other groups with a vendetta against the Government and anyone they dont like in particular.

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I blame the hooligan students for this mess, I did not see a single member of the Government in any of that trouble last night attacking people, Smashing up buildings and trying to rob shops, unless you saw differently ?

i don't think this would have happened if politicians hadn't signed pledges about fees and then done the exact opposite -so in my opinion it was the politicians who started this mess .

Peter_ · 10-12-2010, 07:28

We have people rioting and causing mayhem and destruction in our capital city, no other country would accept this happening especially after the previous demonstrations turned ugly.

It is quite right that the Police used their horse against the the rioters but more should be done to control the crowds.

As we do not have our own we should borrow water cannon from other countries and arm the Police with baton rounds to control the crowds, if I remember correctly we had water cannon in Northern Ireland.

I am not a royalist either but no other country would allow rioters to get near their royal party as armed men would prevent this happening, any terrorist seeing that will now be thinking that an attack on a royal could easily happen.

Pierre · 10-12-2010, 07:46

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Originally Posted by papa smurf

i don't think this would have happened if politicians hadn't signed pledges about fees and then done the exact opposite -so in my opinion it was the politicians who started this mess .

Don't excuse the rioting idiots.

I hope they are weeded out and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

A degree and criminal record don't sit well together on a CV.

danielf · 10-12-2010, 07:55

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Originally Posted by Masque

I am not a royalist either but no other country would allow rioters to get near their royal party as armed men would prevent this happening, any terrorist seeing that will now be thinking that an attack on a royal could easily happen.

Regardless of what you think of the protests, the fact that the royal couple were caught up in it suggests a massive breakdown of communications. It's not so much a matter of allowing rioters to get near the royal party, but rather allowing the heir to the throne to get near a rioting mob. I suspect that those in charge of security of the royal couple will receive a right rollocking, and rightly so.

10-12-2010, 08:22

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Originally Posted by Masque

As we do not have our own we should borrow water cannon from other countries and arm the Police with baton rounds to control the crowds, if I remember correctly we had water cannon in Northern Ireland.

+1

I was going to post saying they should have used a water cannon, it would have put the fires, flares and firecrackers out.

And made them bloody cold.

papa smurf · 10-12-2010, 08:35

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Originally Posted by Pierre

Don't excuse the rioting idiots.

I hope they are weeded out and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

A degree and criminal record don't sit well together on a CV.

don't tare all students with the same brush ,most of them went to chant and hold placards not riot.

**Hugh** · 10-12-2010, 08:47

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Some mouthpiece on BBC News right now.

It's all the fault of the Police seemingly, if they hadn't reacted when being pelted with bottles and fireworks the disorder wouldn't have happened.

I saw that, and got so annoyed - she berated the newsreaders for focussing on the violence and damage caused, then steadfastly avoided answering any questions they asked, and just parroted pre-prepared points.....

She's got a future as a politician.

**Chris** · 10-12-2010, 08:51

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Originally Posted by papa smurf

don't tare all students with the same brush ,most of them went to chant and hold placards not riot.

He didn't. He referred to 'rioting idiots', not people chanting and holding placards.

Sirius · 10-12-2010, 08:54

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Originally Posted by papa smurf

don't tare all students with the same brush ,most of them went to chant and hold placards not riot.

This was not just a few rent a mob idiots, There was a sizable amount of students getting involved as well and i did not see them being forced in to doing it.

Like it or not there was a riot last night that did NOT just involve a small bunch of idiots but involved a sizable amount of students as well. Now you might have a pair of rose tinted glasses on but i don't and i know what i saw on the news last night and cannot ignore what was shown on ALL the major news channels last night. If you want to say that it was a SMALL amount of idiots i would love to see what you call Large

Peter_ · 10-12-2010, 09:09

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Originally Posted by Hugh

I saw that, and got so annoyed - she berated the newsreaders for focussing on the violence and damage caused, then steadfastly avoided answering any questions they asked, and just parroted pre-prepared points.....

She's got a future as a politician.

She was probably the same person on the BBC morning news earlier on BBC1 who was more upset that the Police used horses than about the rioters who were causing the issues.

**Chris** · 10-12-2010, 09:11

The 10 o'clock news did make depressing viewing last night. I couldn't help wondering why there was nothing that could be done about the animals that were smashing up the Treasury. And as for the attack on Charles and Camilla ... I am quite certain that had that happened in the USA, the protesters would have been staring down the wrong end of a dozen SIGs, and damned lucky not to be filled full of holes.

Peter_ · 10-12-2010, 09:12

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Originally Posted by Chris

The 10 o'clock news did make depressing viewing last night. I couldn't help wondering why there was nothing that could be done about the animals that were smashing up the Treasury. And as for the attack on Charles and Camilla ... I am quite certain that had that happened in the USA, the protesters would have been staring down the wrong end of a dozen SIGs, and damned lucky not to be filled full of holes.

I was surprised no one pulled out some MP5's to be honest and the glass did not look to be very bullet proof considering whose car it was.

vanman · 10-12-2010, 09:22

regarding the attack on Charles and Camilla.
i know the hooligans were totally out of line
but i am a bit concerned that anybody got that close to the car
what if had not been paint and students
what if had been something and someone more deadly.

Sirius · 10-12-2010, 09:31

So according to the student hooligan leaders on the news at this moment they SUPPORT the violence last night and are stating that there was NO violence last night and are threatening MORE including using union rent a mobs.