Pink Floyd guitarist son Charlie Gilmour held over student protests

[muriel_volestrangler]

Charlie Gilmour, the son of Pink Floyd guitarist Dave Gilmour, was arrested today on suspicion of violent disorder and attempted criminal damage following his involvement in the student protests in central London on Thursday.

Gilmour, 21, was seen swinging from a Union flag attached to the Cenotaph war memorial as he took part in a march demonstrating against increases in tuition fees. He later apologised for the "terrible insult", saying he had been "caught up in the spirit of the moment".
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Gilmour, who remains in custody at the police station, is the 35th person to have been arrested following involvement in Thursday's protest. Some 176 people have been arrested in the four protests so far.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2010/dec/12/charlie-gilmour-arrest-student-protests

Altogether now:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3l1-QbsU5gA

[hack89]

1. The Cenotaph is sacred ground

can't think of a better way to piss off the common man in England.

[muriel_volestrangler]

3. The other thing someone did was try to set fire to the Trafalgar Square Christmas tree

In Trafalgar Square, some activists tried to set fire to the Christmas Tree, which has been an annual gift from Norway since 1947 in thanks for Britain's support during World War II.

The 20m high Norwegian spruce is about 60 years old and was selected from the forests surrounding Oslo.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-11968619

And that doesn't go down well either.

[Catherina]

2. The terrible insult isn't to the war dead, it's to the living students.

[cali]

4. charlie gilmour

is nothing but a spoiled brat indulging himself.

"Charlie: I’ve always loved good-quality clothing. My style is vintage stuff and skinny jeans — leggings-style H&M girls’ jeans that no man should really wear! My parents said that if I got into Cambridge, they would buy me a Savile Row suit. All the other tailors seemed a bit fuddy-duddy, with fox-hunting stuff in the windows. I’m not into that aristocratic thing. Spencer Hart is modern and chic, with nothing fusty about it. They made me two suits — a single-breasted day suit and a slim-cut dinner suit, which is useful, as there are all sorts of feasts and formal occasions at Cambridge. I wear it with an almost Edwardian clipped-collar shirt and a slim, mod-ish dog-tooth-check tie. I haven’t worn the day suit much yet, but if I’m ever having a work crisis, I put it on and it gives me a sharp frame of mind. I never feel better than when I’m wearing my suits, and people take you more seriously. They fit perfectly."

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/damianthompson/100067851/was-charlie-gilmour-wearing-savile-row-when-he-dangled-from-the-cenotaph/

[Catherina]

5. Nothing bratty in your quote. So he likes good quality clothes. Big deal

Most Europeans do. The destructive phenomenon of cheap plastic clothes, and other throwaway junk, is distinctly American. Fail.

The Telegraph Blog for your information? Epic fail.

[cali]

8. oh please.

epic fail on you. it's a quote. and his hasty groveling apology shows pretty clearly that he's a rich, privileged little twit playing at revolutionary.

I find it sickening.

[NashVegas]

16. He Was Asked a Question:

"Bespoke tailoring is attracting a younger, style-savvy crowd. We ask three dudes, and their tailors, why the suit fits…"

You have to admit, US protesters never look this stylish:

[cali]

18. no protester ever looked so stylish

I wouldn't be at all surprised if that pic was used to sell obscenely expensive clothes. Young Charlie is a model after all.

[NashVegas]

19. Again, I See No Brattiness In That Quote

[hlthe2b]

9. Sort of not how I pictured the son of Gilmore (or any other PFer)

;)

[muriel_volestrangler]

10. How about Brian Ferry's son?

A professional huntsman (ie riding after foxes with hounds), and convicted of public order offences for protesting about the ban on killing foxes with hounds: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1478907/Eight-charged-over-Commons-hunt-protest.html , and constantly getting arrested for similar stuff after that: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otis_Ferry

[hlthe2b]

11. I guess rebellion against parental generation .....

is still pretty common, even when the parents were liberal idealists or "cool" musicians....:shrug: Actually, I think it may reflect the commonality of children born into privilege...

[John Kerry VonErich]

15. A cause Roger Waters supports

and the reason he doesn't live in England anymore

[Mudoria]

6. Not really

[FrancisTreptoe]

7. Thats pretty tasteless. He could have probably found a better way to protest.

[LeftishBrit]

12. Idiot. I'm a strong supporter of the protest, but this sort of tactic is nasty and stupid..

However, let's note that the the Torygraph and the tabloids are very ready to report on bad tactics by protesters, and much less ready to report on nasty police behaviour toward protesters. (And no, I am not blaming *all* police.)

[aikoaiko]

13. "put him up against the wall"

[toddaa]

14. A more appropriate video

CENOTAPH

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxMJDTJXleI

Just be careful at the 2:20 mark. Don't hurt yourself.

[Bluenorthwest]

17. Life imitating David Cross

nt