Recent content by gnomeking

??? yes lets keep walkers off paths to save them from damage. i keep my sofa wrapped in plastic...wouldn't want to damage it by sitting on it would I....duh.

i hope we can stop this -V - and glad to see so many sensible and concerned views here. the money raised is small (compared to some unpaid big business tax (for example) While for previous generations fighting Fascism was urgent and ethically motivated, unlike the International Brigade...

why? perhaps reorganising and improving the commission is better for long term national benefit, rather than avoiding the issue through a sell-off?

vegetarianism speaks much about non-violence yes. @(previous poster)troll is it? - don't need anybody to do your weeding, cut your hedges, maintain your tracks and paths do you?....that makes some kind of money hating communist peasant does it?....my views illegitimate are they?.... well...

if you look you will find bigger wastes if our tax, and scoundrels who have stolen from us all :)

it is clear troublemakers were in the minority - most wanted to leave many are justifiably angry http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koY6kXhQDQo&feature=player_embedded

easy. don't kettle large crowds, and don't put horses in intimidating, potentially harmful situations. http://www.guardian.co.uk/help/insideguardian/2010/dec/10/filming-student-fees-protests

http://blogs.channel4.com/world-news-blog/violence-inevitable-at-tuition-fees-protest/14614

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11969302

actually Mike007 i take all it back i just looked closer at the clip you posted. the police are clearly in RIOT helmets BEFORE the charge. what then is your justification? (i agree elaszzo, the officers should be properly prepared)

@Mike007 : that is a reasonable argument - i missed it somehow :o good job those horses happened to be there! still i don't see how using mounted officers to allow time for changes of head gear is in the end a justification (ie not generally applicable) surely a better plan would be to...

elsazzo : watch this link : http://tweetmeme.com/story/3343254314/youtube-bbc-news-dramatic-footage-of-police-charging-protesters-with-horses-hd the police line is clearly established (if under some pressure) the horses are forced through the line and into the crowd at a fast trot, in a wedge...

skewbald-again: you do realise that most people would consider driving fire trucks over people a rather extreme view...you do don't you?:( the watcher ; lets not descend to name calling (media/politics student indeed :mad: it was NOT appropriate. The police could have just held the line...

i am sure the police knew what to expect, if not they should have done - G20, the November student protests.... there are other forms of technology we can use before we have to resort to rubber bullets and water cannon :) ,this is Britain after all.... BTW I did think horses were used in...

thanks for that skewbald_again again i ask - is this a proper use of animals? - you seem to think not, and that technology should have been employed. glad we agree. @the watcher : go watch the videos and follow up reporting of events on the day. it is clear that "a last resort" measure was NOT...