London Protests (riot) this weekend....
Discussion
plasticpig said:
ewenm said:
Two types of student go on protests - the militant NUS members who'll do anything their communist leaders ask (most NUS members are only members for the cheap beer) and those wanting an excuse for a day out.
A student can't actually join the NUS as an individual. College unions vote to affiliate themselves with the NUS. So a student is automatically a member of the NUS if their student union has voted to affiliate themselves even if they don't want to be. Several universities aren't affiliated; St Andrews aren't for example. Four Litre said:
My thoughts on this are that as it has been demonstrated around the world that going all out mental with rioting is the way to bring about change, is this evidence not going to change peoples perceptions of what is effective when it comes to a protest... leading to
......RIIOOOOOOTTTTTTTT!!!
It helps to have a well-defined vision about what change they want though. I'm sure you'll see a wide variety of slogans in this protest, probably some contradicting others. There is no common banner for them to get behind.......RIIOOOOOOTTTTTTTT!!!
My thoughts on this are that as it has been demonstrated around the world that going all out mental with rioting is the way to bring about change, is this evidence not going to change peoples perceptions of what is effective when it comes to a protest... leading to
......RIIOOOOOOTTTTTTTT!!!
......RIIOOOOOOTTTTTTTT!!!
Four Litre at 11:15 and at 11:39 said:
My thoughts on this are that as it has been demonstrated around the world that going all out mental with rioting is the way to bring about change, is this evidence not going to change peoples perceptions of what is effective when it comes to a protest... leading to
......RIIOOOOOOTTTTTTTT!!!
We heard you the first time.........RIIOOOOOOTTTTTTTT!!!
hell yeah, it should be a riot plasticpig said:
A student can't actually join the NUS as an individual. College unions vote to affiliate themselves with the NUS. So a student is automatically a member of the NUS if their student union has voted to affiliate themselves even if they don't want to be. Several universities aren't affiliated; St Andrews aren't for example.
You can opt out of the NHS as an individual. Or at least you could back in the day, because I did.br d said:
Quite concerned about this. My girlfriend, sister, 74 year old mother and 10 year old niece are spending the day in London on Saturday. It's been booked for months, they are seeing a show and the sights. Will the nutters all be on the Embankment and Parliement square again?
I'd expect them to be on Oxford Street as well.They intensely dislike Topshop, amongst others, so Oxford Circus may get a visit.
ewenm said:
Four Litre at 11:15 and at 11:39 said:
My thoughts on this are that as it has been demonstrated around the world that going all out mental with rioting is the way to bring about change, is this evidence not going to change peoples perceptions of what is effective when it comes to a protest... leading to
......RIIOOOOOOTTTTTTTT!!!
We heard you the first time.........RIIOOOOOOTTTTTTTT!!!
Go to a demo/riot, shout your slogan once and once only, then go home.
ds have to do this on my first day back at work after what's been a nice week off scotal said:
br d said:
Quite concerned about this. My girlfriend, sister, 74 year old mother and 10 year old niece are spending the day in London on Saturday. It's been booked for months, they are seeing a show and the sights. Will the nutters all be on the Embankment and Parliement square again?
I'd expect them to be on Oxford Street as well.They intensely dislike Topshop, amongst others, so Oxford Circus may get a visit.
scotal said:
br d said:
Quite concerned about this. My girlfriend, sister, 74 year old mother and 10 year old niece are spending the day in London on Saturday. It's been booked for months, they are seeing a show and the sights. Will the nutters all be on the Embankment and Parliement square again?
I'd expect them to be on Oxford Street as well.They intensely dislike Topshop, amongst others, so Oxford Circus may get a visit.
Oooooooh a Facebook protest! Let's see how many profile pics we can get fellow communist protestors 
This is nothing more than socialists continuing to moan about the fact that Labour were voted out last year, if Labour were doing the same thing as the current government there'd be nothing louder than a fart coming from these people protesting.
This is nothing more than socialists continuing to moan about the fact that Labour were voted out last year, if Labour were doing the same thing as the current government there'd be nothing louder than a fart coming from these people protesting.
Tsippy said:
Oooooooh a Facebook protest! Let's see how many profile pics we can get fellow communist protestors
This is nothing more than socialists continuing to moan about the fact that Labour were voted out last year, if Labour were doing the same thing as the current government there'd be nothing louder than a fart coming from these people protesting.
I found Milliband's post budget reponse reflected the wider feeling among socialists quite well. It had lots of shouting and red facedness but no actual, real content at all. He doesn't like the opposition, but he can't really say what should be done better so he just ranted a bit.This is nothing more than socialists continuing to moan about the fact that Labour were voted out last year, if Labour were doing the same thing as the current government there'd be nothing louder than a fart coming from these people protesting.
To be fair though, if I burned someone's house down and then turned up a week later to oppose the way they were rebuilding it I'd be a bit stuck for what to say as well.
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