Tag Archives: Student protests
Anti-squatter MP finally meets the public!
Reports are coming in that Hove and Portslade MP, Mike Weatherly, was confronted by an angry demonstration at Sussex University. Although accounts are varying, it is reported that he was pelted with missiles and Mike Weatherly is claiming that his entourage … Continue reading
Anonymous march on parliament!
I want to give a quick congratulations to everyone who was involved in the march on parliament last night. It managed to be symbolic and inspiring in its simplicity. It also managed, for most people including me, to come completely out of … Continue reading
9,286: The number who believe in the absolute uniqueness of the role of Police Officer
About a year ago a number of people were discussing whether the anti-cuts movement should be fighting cuts to the police, prisons, probation services etc. There was discussion about how the police were simply another public service doing their job … Continue reading
‘Molotov’ thrower sentenced.
Some of you might remember the fuss being made back in January about the alleged molotov cocktail thrown at the police. Footage emerged of a boy running with something lit. There had been no explosions and the police took 6 … Continue reading
NPOIU in the spotlight and police realise they had a petrol bomb lobbed at them (six weeks after the event!)
The medias belated reporting of the fact that undercover cop Mark Stone had been outed in October is putting some pressure on the National Public Order Intelligence Unit (NPOIU). Questions are being asked about this secretive police unit which have … Continue reading
A tale of two sentences.
In the ‘People of the Abyss’, Jack London compared the sentences handed out foer violent crime in London over the course of a week. He reached the inescapable conclusion that crimes against property are considered far more serious than crimes … Continue reading
Sussex Calling! 