http://www.zerohedge.com/article/angry-student-protesters-storm-tory-hq-london
Watch live video of the London protests via SkyNews.
http://www.zerohedge.com/article/live-coverage-london-protests
From CNN:
A group of protesters broke into the headquarters of Britain's governing Conservative party headquarters in London Wednesday and set off flares before being forced out of the building, CNN's Atika Shubert reported from the scene.
They went on to set fires outside the building, where police presence was "minimal," she said.
The violence came during a largely peaceful protest by students against government plans to allow universities to increase tuition fees. The National Union of Students said 40,000 demonstrators were on the streets.
And from the Telegraph:
A group barged into the lobby of Millbank Tower, near the headquarters of the Tory party, before being forced out by police and security officers. They then began setting fire to placards outside the entrance.
Windows in the office block were smashed and a number of smoke bombs thrown. Dozens of police surrounding the entrance were pelted with water bottles and jostled by the passing protestors.
Up to 50,000 people, many waving placards, are marching though the streets of London in the biggest show of opposition to the Coalition Government.
Fun and games starting everywhere.
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Showing posts with label Britain. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Thursday, September 30, 2010
A Bush rerun being pushed on the UK
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/sep/28/spend-save-economy-bank-england-chief
If the "people" of the UK are smart, they will learn by America's mistakes.
This is the very same direction that America took because of the trust level they had in President Bush.
The advise was taken and look where we are now, a healthy economy cannot be sustained on consumerism, because the moral to that story is, the money runs out.
Bank of England deputy Charlie Bean says spend, spend to save economy Interest rates are being held down to discourage savers, financial chief admits
Britons should go out and spend to help invigorate the UK's economic recovery, the deputy governor of the Bank of England has urged. In unusually unguarded comments for a banker, Charlie Bean yesterday discouraged people from building up cash savings which generate little income due to historically low interest rates.
Bean, who sits on the Bank's monetary policy committee that set the base interest rate, admitted it was being held down in the hope families would use their cash and thereby help reflate the economy.
Low interest rates could persist for several years, he said. They have been at 0.5% for a year and a half. The next monthly rate-setting decision is due next week.
The record low rates help mortgage-holders, particularly on tracker deals, but make life difficult for people who rely on income from savings, many of whom are pensioners.
If the "people" of the UK are smart, they will learn by America's mistakes.
This is the very same direction that America took because of the trust level they had in President Bush.
The advise was taken and look where we are now, a healthy economy cannot be sustained on consumerism, because the moral to that story is, the money runs out.
Bank of England deputy Charlie Bean says spend, spend to save economy Interest rates are being held down to discourage savers, financial chief admits
Britons should go out and spend to help invigorate the UK's economic recovery, the deputy governor of the Bank of England has urged. In unusually unguarded comments for a banker, Charlie Bean yesterday discouraged people from building up cash savings which generate little income due to historically low interest rates.
Bean, who sits on the Bank's monetary policy committee that set the base interest rate, admitted it was being held down in the hope families would use their cash and thereby help reflate the economy.
Low interest rates could persist for several years, he said. They have been at 0.5% for a year and a half. The next monthly rate-setting decision is due next week.
The record low rates help mortgage-holders, particularly on tracker deals, but make life difficult for people who rely on income from savings, many of whom are pensioners.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Airline terror trial: The bomb plot to kill 10,000 people
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/6153243/Airline-terror-trial-The-bomb-plot-to-kill-10000-people.html
Is it just me or is this just to damned hard to swallow, we went thought the extreme expense of trying them again, so that the threat to air traffic was seen as genuine
The al-Qaeda cell plotted to cause mass murder by detonating home-made liquid explosives on board at least seven passenger flights bound for the US and Canada. The plot had the potential to be three times as deadly as the 9/11 attacks of 2001.
The convictions followed Britain’s largest counter-terrorism operation and two criminal trials which, in total, cost an estimated £60million.
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Is it just me or is this just to damned hard to swallow, we went thought the extreme expense of trying them again, so that the threat to air traffic was seen as genuine
The al-Qaeda cell plotted to cause mass murder by detonating home-made liquid explosives on board at least seven passenger flights bound for the US and Canada. The plot had the potential to be three times as deadly as the 9/11 attacks of 2001.
The convictions followed Britain’s largest counter-terrorism operation and two criminal trials which, in total, cost an estimated £60million.
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Airliner bomb plot: Profiles
Airline bomb plot by numbers
Airline bomb plot: investigation 'one of biggest since WW2'
Prosecutors pursued retrial to justify liquids ban
Airline bomb plot: reaction All three men convicted on Monday had been found guilty at an earlier trial last year of conspiracy to murder, but prosecutors said it was vital to secure a conviction on another charge of conspiring to blow up the aircraft in order to prove that the threat to air traffic was genuine.
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