London Calling ........ 52,000 students protest in the Capital

[marmar]

Here's the link to the Guardian's coverage: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/blog/2010/nov/10/demo-2010-student-protests-live

[flamingdem]

1. God Save the Queen! nt

[kenny blankenship]

2. We mean it, man.

[Kalyke]

16. Ahhh... a Sex Pistols reference!

Good on ya!

[Poboy]

3. Love it. Recommend.

[More_liberal_than_mo]

4. Tripling titution!

I think US college students would do the same if they tripled titution here too.

[KharmaTrain]

5. Even If It's Tripled

I heard they were upset about tuition costing 14k a year...in this country that's a bargain. Costs at many American schools have doubled and tripled over the past decade.

[marmar]

6. 14k pounds ..... about $22,000

[reggie the dog]

14. 9000 pounds or 14000 dollars

for public universities in the american sense, 14000 to go to uni in europe is horribel

[marmar]

15. Thx for the update....the story I read initially said 14000 quid.......

nt

[More_liberal_than_mo]

7. They were paying just over $5K

and now it's being raised to over $14K. http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/11/10/uk.protest/index.html
CNN has more on the unrest. There was some confusion of dollars and pounds, but yes it has nearly tripled.

[More_liberal_than_mo]

9. The Tories are cutting

university staffs by 40 percent at the same time they are tripling titution. Looks like they are in full riot mode right now.
GIVE'EM HELL!

[flamingdem]

17. They tried that in California nt

[maddezmom]

8. streaming link here

http://news.sky.com/skynews/LivePlus

[enlightenment]

10. Gotta love it -

though the property damage is going to undermine their argument.

Must go email son and tell him to stay out of it (he's an international student there - they'll deport his arse in a hot second if he gets caught up in it) . . .

[Starry Messenger]

11. k & r

[maddezmom]

12. riot police headed to the top of building where protesters say they are occupying the roof

[maddezmom]

13. Met Police to make a live statement shortly

[malaise]

18. Sweet

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