Tuition Fee Vote

@SparklyKatie Said

Student demonstrators are clashing with police in Westminster as MPs debate plans to raise tuition fees in England to ?9,000 a year.

Scotland Yard says three police officers have been hurt and one has a serious neck injury.

Protesters who had forced their way into Parliament Square pressed against police lines and threw missiles.

Riot police are lined up behind metal barriers surrounding the Houses of Parliament.

The London Ambulance Service says 19 people have been treated for injuries - six have been taken to hospital.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-11954333

Why do they get violent? It can't be helping public opinion of them.

@SparklyKatie Said

Student demonstrators are clashing with police in Westminster as MPs debate plans to raise tuition fees in England to ?9,000 a year.

Scotland Yard says three police officers have been hurt and one has a serious neck injury.

Protesters who had forced their way into Parliament Square pressed against police lines and threw missiles.

Riot police are lined up behind metal barriers surrounding the Houses of Parliament.

The London Ambulance Service says 19 people have been treated for injuries - six have been taken to hospital.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-11954333

Why do they get violent? It can't be helping public opinion of them.

@jmo Said

Not sure. It's weird that there has been so much violence in London as there has been very little in any of the other protests. Watching BBC news it looks as if the London Police have been over-zealous and a little provocative though.

@sister_of_mercy Said

Because the police are being violent towards them and kettling them for long periods of time, it does make one quite angry. I don't condone the violence at all but I don't think today is an entirely one sided thing.

@jmo Said

The protests I've been on have been much smaller scale but the Police have agreed with our protests and talked about the cuts they are facing.

Someone from the Russell Group on BBC news at the moment talking about the merits of the tuition fee rise, which ofcourse she is in favour of because they will be the ones who can afford to charge the ridiculously high amounts.

I think only one Russell Group uni (Edinburgh) is actually opposed to this.

@sister_of_mercy Said

Bristol is too. Or at least students there are (think some of them went into occupation).

@jmo Said

Think the chancellor supports the Government plans.


Weird how the more prestigious uni's are in favour of this eh?

@Wellard Said

So what now for the student massive??

@sister_of_mercy Said

I don't think this is the end for the protests. I don't know what will happen though, what is there to do really?