Student protests in Westminster LIVE right now!

Police drag man from wheelchair during the protests.

Real classy guys, we should be proud of you.

[kaivalagi]

No matter what the circumstance and how much provocation was involved that is just unacceptable, I am watching the news on this with some interest!

Right now I am not sure what to think overall other than this country wants everyone to shut-up unless spoken to as it were, vocal protesting is just not accepted it seems, freedom...ha, that's a joke

FFS, beyond belief, you can see one copper dragging the other two away from the scene. Maybe he had no tax or insurance, bunch of ... insert favourite expletives.

[Biker Biggles]

Not being a graduate myself I feel a little overpowered by the highly intellectual points made in this thread,but I would like to make you aware that 76% of statistics are made up.

[MisterTommyH]

Originally Posted by Biker Biggles

Not being a graduate myself I feel a little overpowered by the highly intellectual points made in this thread,but I would like to make you aware that 76% of statistics are made up.

Haha, I only posted the stats because someone said that they'd like to see them.

If you want to check them out there's a link to the engineering council website in the post.

It doesn't really matter what stats say tbh as pointed out them are easily changed to favour either argument...

Getting back to the point which clearly that the Lib Dems, have gone back on what they said and to cynics out there they lied to get the vote.

How can anyone ever trust what Nick Clegg or any of them ever say again? A man is as good as his word and he broke his. Is it any wonder there are issues about what is going on? If those in power are so easily able to get away with lying and breaking of trust what kind of example are they really setting to not only to young people, but the population as a whole? Is not about time time someone stood up to these lying c****

Violence is totally the wrong way to go to about anything on anything level, it exhibits so many bad qualities about the people involved in violence of any kind, but yet again look to the quality of the leadership.

This vote fee increase will not affect those making this vote, their families or peers they are the rich people they don't give a s*** about the regular people we don't need any sodding stats to tell us that.

Yes the country is messed up, but why should the poor people have to pay to keep rich people in place and power whilst the "authorities" and associated agencies are quite clearly using any kind of force to attack people taking part in a legitimate protest against a political agenda for which they legally voted against.

Now someone is standing up to government, people are moaning about it. Don't people remember the fuel protest, has anyone read the latest report the cost of living is going out of control and inflation is well out of control and going to get a lot worse.

As a country we are social developing backwards, the divide between rich and poor is increasing a lot faster, the amount of children in poverty is increasing etc. Education will some be only for rich and don't say well it only cost £10 a week or whatever to pay back that is another lie, add interest ect its ball and chain around young people’s neck.

Want to buy a house with student loan? So the average loan will be in some years 50k, well that off whatever you afford to buy no young person honest and working person will ever be afford to own their house. Now think about...

I guess my main point is stop taxing young people, leave them to develop how is right that someone has to endure such a debt as a young person. There is almost no alternative, most other options have been removed by the government, so what now?

Its an ill thought policy with no really alternatives given in the development and education of young people. Some serious thought needs to given to the social development of our society and removing education is clearly not the way forward to further our society, never forget we are all so similar it just we see the world in different ways and thus having different approach on how learn and develop as an individual.

Ermmm the guy in the wheel chair was moved out of the way of a Horse charge for his own saftey as he was on the front lines. (TWICE)

If you look around you'll find plenty of pics of him being escorted away until someone gets a camera on him then suddently he starts flipping out like a kipper out of water.

Check the guys website as well, he's professional protester and a complete nut case to boot.

Originally Posted by PsychoCannon

Ermmm the guy in the wheel chair was moved out of the way of a Horse charge for his own saftey as he was on the front lines. (TWICE)

If you look around you'll find plenty of pics of him being escorted away until someone gets a camera on him then suddently he starts flipping out like a kipper out of water.

Check the guys website as well, he's professional protester and a complete nut case to boot.

finally the other side to the story always has to be one and couldn't find it...

[pookie]

expect more unrest as House of Cards has approved the rise in tuition fees..

http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTR...uktopnewsearly

No suprise there then !

[kaivalagi]

I'm not siding with him 100% but you have got to read this to understand where he is coming from...
Jody McIntyre : Who’s apathetic now?

edit: from the comments:

Jennie Kermode
As a sometime wheelchair user myself (the severity of my walking difficulties varies), I would like to add that if I were dragged out of my wheelchair and across the ground like that I would have a number of broken bones. People use wheelchairs for all sorts of reasons and the police should not assume that an obviously disabled person is as resilient as anyone else. Like Jody, I have spent my life campaigning against injustice, but in the light of incidents like this I feel I have lost my democratic right to demonstrate.

Peter Reynolds
Well done Jody.
I completely disagree with you on the tuition fee proposals. I think they're more than fair but I stand shoulder to shoulder with you against the disgusting police tactics at the protest. I despair at the oligarchy of policticans and the media which is hell bent on repression and controlling the news agenda in an entirely self-serving way. Without the violence you suffered you wouldn't be writing in The Independent today. The editor would have given the space to one of his chums.
Keep up the good work. You are an example to us all