Students Rioting in London. - Page 45

14-12-2010, 17:28

The second video showed two things, firstly that he is a bloody idiot willing to put himself in harms way deliberately to make a 'good film' and secondly the Israeli troops are bloody accurate when firing tear gas.

Derek · 14-12-2010, 17:54

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Originally Posted by Hugh

In it, he states the police were trying to provoke violence from the protesters......

Bloody polis, standing there acting as targets for snooker balls, petrol bombs, paint and bottles of urine before reacting. What do they expect?

I've tried reading the protestors blog, I can only get so far in before a mixture of anger and laughter stops me.

vanman · 14-12-2010, 18:20

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Originally Posted by Tuftus

The second video showed two things, firstly that he is a bloody idiot willing to put himself in harms way deliberately to make a 'good film' and secondly the Israeli troops are bloody accurate when firing tear gas.

he was lucky it was tear gas out there.
is he brave or is he just $@%$Â£%$ stupid

14-12-2010, 19:26

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Originally Posted by vanman

he was lucky it was tear gas out there.
is he brave or is he just $@%$Â£%$ stupid

The latter imo

Osem · 14-12-2010, 19:31

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Originally Posted by Flyboy

It sounds as though you are trying say that the police have never beat anyone up before.

Does it? Well coming from you it doesn't surprise me one jot frankly - you have 'previous' when it comes to a rather jaundiced view of the Police after all. Just just to clarify it for you, however, I'm well aware that certain elements of the police can and do act very badly at times. Unlike some people, however, I am not prepared to tar them all with that particular brush from the outset, before the facts are known and don't see cover-ups, conspiracies and falsifications from within their ranks everywhere I look. Given the considerable provocation they face and the constraints they work under I think the Police have a very difficult job to do, by and large do it very well and deserve our thanks for having the guts to put themselves in the firing line.

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Originally Posted by martyh

It was Clegg that promised it ,should he win the election ,he didn't so he can't

You do like to keep reminding people of the facts don't you!!

14-12-2010, 19:38

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Originally Posted by Osem

You do like to keep reminding people of the facts don't you!!

yep, it is a bad habit i picked up from you

Osem · 14-12-2010, 20:18

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Originally Posted by martyh

yep, it is a bad habit i picked up from you

Nah - I learned everything I know from Hugh...

14-12-2010, 20:20

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Originally Posted by Osem

Nah - I learned everything I know from Hugh...

lesson 2 ...passing the buck ....it's all Hughs fault

**Hugh** · 14-12-2010, 20:22

It usually is......

Osem · 14-12-2010, 20:32

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Originally Posted by martyh

lesson 2 ...passing the buck ....it's all Hughs fault

You're confusing Hugh with Thatcher now matey...

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Originally Posted by Hugh

It usually is......

Well if you want any tips on grovelling, I'm your man....

**Chris** · 14-12-2010, 20:32

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Originally Posted by Hugh

Interview with Jody McIntyre - BBC (apologies if it has been posted before).

In it, he states the police were trying to provoke violence from the protesters......

Just watched that ... he didn't acquit himself very well at all. Just hid behind a lot of bluster, and, TBH, tried on several occasions to use his disability as justification for going wherever he wanted, whenever he wanted, and expecting not to be challenged in any way.

Oh, and then he blamed his brother, because he was the one pushing the chair. Just slightly pathetic from one who styles himself as a cyber-revolutionary.

14-12-2010, 20:32

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Originally Posted by Osem

You're confusing him with Thatcher now matey...

it's the silver hair and the handbag

Flyboy · 14-12-2010, 20:52

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Originally Posted by martyh

It was Clegg that promised it ,should he win the election ,he didn't so he can't

Oh come now, that excuse is wearing a bit thin. What is the point of them being in government at all, if they can't influence policy?

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they weren't supposed to be they were to show you that it was not a mataphor

No they weren't. I asked if there was anymore footage of him on that day and the answer was "yes" and then the links to the videos. If the poster meant that it was about metaphors, he really should have said. I can't be blamed for someone not being clear.

**Hugh** · 14-12-2010, 20:56

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Originally Posted by Flyboy

That puzzled me as well. Could he be using a metaphor, or I he able to stand but not walk. I would like to see more of this man's actions on the day. Is there any more footage of him?

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Originally Posted by Flyboy

Oh come now, that excuse is wearing a bit thin. What is the point of them being in government at all, if they can't influence policy?

No they weren't. I asked if there was anymore footage of him on that day and the answer was "yes" and then the links to the videos. If the poster meant that it was about metaphors, he really should have said. I can't be blamed for someone not being clear.

I believe the "metaphor" comment was in reply to your earlier post, about Jody standing up in front of the police horses....

Osem · 14-12-2010, 20:56

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Originally Posted by Flyboy

Oh come now, that excuse is wearing a bit thin. What is the point of them being in government at all, if they can't influence policy?

Well they've clearly influenced policy - on personal allowances, for example, so what's your point again?

Influencing policy isn't quite the same as being able to dictate policy after all and they at least being in coalition affords them an excuse which Blair and Brown can't rely on when it comes to delivering on pre-election promises..