Does anyone support the students?

[Scunner]

quote:Originally posted by Ian

 it is unrealistic to expect either manifesto to be honoured.

Why is it? Maybe flexibility is needed on some matters but giving up the policy that I was on the news stating in spoken words and holding signed pledge that I would never, ever support?

Come on!

[barry44544]

I am old enough to remember The London school of Economics riots..
and  the protests at the American Embassy..
Now they were REAL protest.. and
Aldermaston..
Greenham Common.
Now ...........The French Revolution... That was a real protest.
Posh People against the poor and the students..
Will History repeat itself

[Scunner]

Posh people against posh students - where's the story?

[barry44544]

The poor student with poor parents who will be lumbered with their kids for three or four years..

[mike A]

I am in full support of the student protest, the smashing of government buildings bothers me not one jot, if Charlie's driver decides to force his way through a protest march he deserved every thing he got and .( there's another good reason why the idiot should not be king) The desecration of war memorials does bother me, one of the basic tenants  our parents fought for was Britain with a free national health service and Free education, a point missed by the protesters and most others it seams. I am totally urinated off by the press, people on this site and many others that allow the few episodes of violence to disavow the students of the  right to protest and to allow it to lesson the veracity of their argument. unfortunately if the students conducted their protest within the limits of the law the government would take no notice of them, the sanitized laws of legal protest are a joke, designed to tame any protest and make it ineffectual. remember the poll tax protests, totally ignored until the violence made them stand up and be noticed. Go students go, with my full backing.

[barry44544]

The Government line is always .. There is no alternative.
But there is..
History shows that all Government is with the will of the People.
Well said Mike.

[kenkay]

I do support the student's right to peacefully demonstrate for what they believe are their rights. Unfortunately the violence and disorder comes from the regular "rent-a-mob" who turn up to disrupt all demonstrations. I would not argue against the students having to pay tuition fees as they do not have to start repaying until they are earning 21 grand a year. The galling fact is that students in Wales and Scotland are not subject to the same conditions. Yet again England is expected to subsidise the rest of the UK [!]

[mike A]

quote:Originally posted by tinkerman

The students union have announced further protests will happen, thus supporting these thugs, they will have absolutely no support from the British public.

 if you lay down with dogs you wake up with fleas.

So, by announcing further protests the student union is supporting thugs, what a ridiculous statement to make.
and as for losing support from the British public you couldn't be more wrong.
I have been listening to the debates on local radio and it seems to me that those that agree with the protest are still backing the students and are not getting distracted by the violent
very tiny minority, there is much more support for the student protest  than you realize.
most people  see beyond the rabid ranting,s of the sun newspaper and do not allow it to cloud their judgment.

[tinkerman]

There's none so blind as them that will not see.

[elaina]

quote:Originally posted by mike A

I am in full support of the student protest, the smashing of government buildings bothers me not one jot,............ Go students go, with my full backing.

I work in one of those buildings that was attacked and damaged by the students and I can tell you  it was scary being in there and clearing up the damage had to be paid for and guess what ... it was only paid for by the good old British taxpayer as was the policing and then of couse there was the medical treatment for those injured in this so called peaceful protest.  Plus the damage and desecration to the memorials along Whitehall is utterly disgusting - they have no respect.  We have all had to suffer these cuts in one way or another even with a war going on in Aghanistan we have had Defence cuts. Do we see our brave servicemen rioting along Whitehall no we do not. They are still loyally serving our country and doing their job.  I fully expect another repeat of these riots next week and if the violence escalates as it has done over the last 3 weeks how long will it be before someone gets killed.  Then I expect then taxpayer will be stumping up for Public Inquiries into "what went wrong" and "lessons learned". Thursday's protest was unacceptable