March in London on the 26th?

Chris [BEANS];18759346 said:
One thing I will say, and it is VERY early days, no trouble yet.
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Looking at the people marching, I highly doubt we'll see anything like the student protests last year.

Tefal said:
considering x factor final got over 10 million votes kinda shows how little people care.
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You can't really compare picking up a phone and voting to travelling all the way down to London and protesting for a few hours.
 
explicit4u said:
You can't really compare picking up a phone and voting to travelling all the way down to London and protesting for a few hours.
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costs a few quid to vote on the xfactor.

and secondly it's the x factor, it's pretty hard to care enough to dislike it let alone vote on it.


hell I'd like to firebomb it but tbh I couldn't be arsed watching it to find the address to mail the petrol too.
 
DM said:
Im betting later than that, once the sensible few like our man Amigafan have departed the idiots that are left will get bored and start.

Im betting on 5pm kick off.
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I'm not going home until tomorrow - staying as a TUC steward - if anyone resorts to violence I want their picture.

I'm not worried about the main march/protest - it's the other side marches that I think will cause issue, marches that have nothing to do with the main protest - been gathering intelligence on them all day (and last night).
 
Chris [BEANS];18759408 said:
Shall we have a sweepstake on time of trouble?! :p I'm going late. I reckon 1800.
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15:30 I reckon. I'll also hedge my bets on the denial of responsibility from the organisers...
 
Im still thinking an evening kick off, having reviewed the situation after the latest update from Amigafan, im revising my prediction to 7pm!
 
Dolph said:
15:30 I reckon.
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I'll take 16:00


I'm basing this on amiga's 400k figure with the bbc's properly high estimate of only 100k it's much less likely tbh.





I'll also hedge my bets on the denial of responsibility from the organisers...
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too late they already are...

amigafan2003 said:
I'm not worried about the main march/protest - it's the other side marches that I think will cause issue, marches that have nothing to do with the main protest
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Just seen 50 Gurkhas walk past, followed by about 200 Surgeons.

Great unwashed my ****
 
Tefal said:
Assuming that's correct (which is doubtful) that's a whopping 0.6% of the population.


considering x factor final got over 10 million votes kinda shows how little people care.
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Not picking on you personally Tefal but this sentiment is wrong and has been expressed a few times now. How many people do you think are keeping an eye on the March on the tv/radio/internet, how many people cannot afford to travel down to London and how many people are too busy working to be able to attend? In a nation where most of the population has their head up their own backsides in regards to political stance, understanding and responsibility, I think managing to organise a well attended protest is an impressive feat and a step in the right direction.
 
jack.mitchell said:
Not picking on you personally Tefal but this sentiment is wrong and has been expressed a few times now. How many people do you think are keeping an eye on the March on the tv/radio/internet, how many people cannot afford to travel down to London and how many people are too busy working to be able to attend? In a nation where most of the population has their head up their own backsides in regards to political stance, understanding and responsibility, I think managing to organise a well attended protest is an impressive feat and a step in the right direction.
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Quite, only 1.1% of the population attended the Stop the Iraq war, but that was hardly dismissed as insignificant.
 
jack.mitchell said:
Not picking on you personally Tefal but this sentiment is wrong and has been expressed a few times now. How many people do you think are keeping an eye on the March on the tv/radio/internet, how many people cannot afford to travel down to London and how many people are too busy working to be able to attend? =
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well the bbc says there's 100k the "organisers" say 400k...

which do you side with?

either way in a democracy, to listen to less than 1% of the population over what the majority voted for in an election would be quite an affront to the very name.


In a nation where most of the population has their head up their own backsides in regards to political stance, understanding and responsibility, I think managing to organise a well attended protest is an impressive feat and a step in the right direction.
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4chan managed to do it world wide...
 
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Tefal said:
how do you know their all surgeons out of curiosity?

also google "200 surgeons"
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I asked them who they were. Also the green/blue surgical wear kind of gave it away!

Anyway, I've sat here long enough at Trafalgar square, off to check some of the side routes now for kettling issues.
 
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