10.12.10

Not a Royalist but …

Who is the clown who let Charles Battenburg and his wife Camilla Porkbag Bowels drive right into the middle of a riot?

You have probably seen the story: the students were protesting over the tripling of student fees that had just been agreed in Parliament. The protests had, not surprisingly, turned violent and they were taking place in and around Regent Street.

Last night was the night of the Royal Variety Performance which is held at the London Palladium. If you know your London, you will know that Argyll Street houses the Palladium and to get to Argyll Street you can drive along … Regent Street. More importantly, you don’t HAVE to drive along Regent Street to get to Argyll Street.

So, they knew there was a riot going on and yet they sanctioned the car to carry on along Regent Street. Then some rioters saw Charles and his ball and chain in their car and they attacked it. Completely unforgiveable. Equally disturbing, given how high profile these people are, there was a window in their Rolls Royce that was smashed: didn’t look bullet or even brick and fist proof to me.

We had the same sort of thing when John Prescott was physically attacked in the street whilst campaigning in 2001 I think it was … he was Deputy Prime Minister and yet someone was able to get close enough to be able to throw a missile at the old man!

We are generally a tolerant society but these lapses are symptomatic of PC Plod’s approach to situations that someone higher in intellectual power than Plod should be dealing with.

The job of the Police is to maintain law and order. When protesters start to act in a violent manner then people are going to get hurt. Sorry, but they will. If the protesters don’t like the fact that violence usually needs to be met with violence then stay at home or do not act violently!

Finally, I do not agree with student fees at all since the economics of student loans and tuition fees seems fundamentally flawed to me and I don’t believe it is solving any of the problems laid at their doors.

DW

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