All in all, it was a very jolly affair and I didn't hear of anyone kicking off so that made it all the better.
Showing posts with label protest. Show all posts
Showing posts with label protest. Show all posts
Saturday, 20 June 2015
A personal view of the #EndAusterityNow protest in London today
Here are some of the photos I took of the #EndAusterityNow protest that I attended today (20th June) in London. Please bear in mind that I could barely see the screen so the shots may not be as good as I would have hoped for and I was quite far back in the march.
All in all, it was a very jolly affair and I didn't hear of anyone kicking off so that made it all the better.
All in all, it was a very jolly affair and I didn't hear of anyone kicking off so that made it all the better.
Saturday, 9 May 2015
UK Apocalypse has begun!
When
the cuts started to bite during the first couple of years of the last
administration in the UK following the 2010 General Election I predicted
protests and riots across the UK.
Perhaps I was naive or just underestimated the amazing amount of
tolerance the Great British public seems to possess when it comes to inequality
and the inevitable deep cuts that come associated with a Tory ‘Government’ when
the number and scale of protests and riots was nothing near my prediction.
However,
I think the Great British public have reached beyond that point when earlier
today, just a day into the new Tory-only administration, London was the scene
of an impromptu protest.
It
turned ugly.
Police
became politicised in protecting the State over protecting its citizens and
violence ensued. I don’t think that this
is the end of the trouble as, even though the police should be on the side of
the protesters (given that their numbers have been slashed due to Tory cuts),
as protests spring up, with their reduced numbers, the fewer police will have
to contend with larger and larger crowds of protesters. Fear of the sheer weight of numbers will lead
police to become ever more brutal in trying to put down protesters and the
violence will surely escalate on both sides.
I hope
I’m wrong but I fear my former predictions weren’t of the 2010-2015 coalition
administration but of the new Tory-only 2015-2020 administration and that I may
have underestimated the troubled times that are to come.
If I’m
right, the UK Apocalypse has begun and it may very well end in a lot of blood.
For some shocking footage, IN FULL, please visit this link - http://bambuser.com/v/5499931
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