The nature of political protest in britain

If I understand it correctly, they are currently being kettled while Billy Bragg plays some songs for them :(

:o

Think Laurie Penny is tweeting shit unverified shit about watercannons being used now.

when i say i am loath to trust twitter generally automatically, in the case of lolrie penny i pretty much assume the opposite of what she tweets

ed miliband, meanwhile, is tweeting about poppies. FUCKING USELESS

Ed Miliband isn't allowed to talk about anything until 5,000-odd people have confirmed that it's really a mainstream opinion. Then he can start talking like it's brave and controversial and leading from the front.

that's the most depressingly OTM summation of miliband's MO i've seen. the labour party seems not to understand that it is part of the problem

Um, I follow Laurie Penny and she hasn't tweeted anything about water cannons.

@PennyRed "We have also been informed by the City of London Police that if need be they will be deploying Water Cannons" - #9nov

@PennyRed So that's the kettle plan, and police plan use of water cannons. Stay safe, everyone. I'm heading down now.

Yes, but that's been reported elsewhere - I assumed you were saying she was tweeting that they were being used.

Nope. Still, given it's entirely unsubstantiated it still feels needlessly inflammatory.

Tents, Billy Bragg... and now Tom Morello at St Paul's. Blimey.

god love em but protest needs to get its fucking aesthetic together, this is embarrassing

protest needs to get its fucking aesthetic together <-- we are the 1%! :D

Billy Bragg supports the government, why wd he be involved in this shit?

think it might be time to call it all off for good