Student protests in Westminster LIVE right now!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-11726822

There have been clashes between demonstrators and police in London, as students and lecturers protest against plans to treble tuition fees and cut university funding in England.
Protestors have broken into the building housing the Conservative Party headquarters in Westminster.
They have set fire to placards outside.

The news just quickly had to cut away from a placard showing Cameron bumming Clegg!

What do you reckon?

Brings back memories of protests in Manchester when I was a student there in 1984 - about plans to cut grants. Yes those were the days when they actually gave you £££ and there were no fees. It was all peaceful, no violence that i recall. Trashing property is not helpful to their cause.

On the wider issue, I think the Government is acting disgracefully. They recouped the cost of my higher education many times through all the higher rate tax I paid.

Much better to control cost by reducing the number of places and ensuring excellence in every university. The previous Govt wanted pretty well everyone to get a degree, I think that students are misled and badly advised - a degree is not a guaranteed path to a good job.

[tigersaw]

So its not a school day I take it?

Originally Posted by metalangel

The news just quickly had to cut away from a placard showing Cameron bumming Clegg!

What do you reckon?

I reckon that may be mine and drew's step niece!

Originally Posted by metalangel

You've jsut paid off your student loan(s)

[Biker Biggles]

Never had so much fun since the Poll Tax.

NEXT!

And NO you lot can't come to Scotland and take all our FREE tution free places.

just be grateful they are poor students and cant afford petrol

[Drew Carey]

Bunch of tax dodgers!!!!

In all seriousness like Ed says the violence really won't help. Will probably find there has been ringers in there. As 99% of students I've known were either quite sensible or too stoned to do stuff like that.

Shame really, a full peaceful protest with the threat to Lib Dems on the vote thingy would have had quite a good impact. Govt under estimates the fact that when students are cheesed off they have (or most do) the intelligence to vote and fight things.