The more detailed coverage I see of Saturday's events the clearer it becomes that the police are not as innocent of blame as the media coverage on the day would have had us believe. For a start, the 138 people occupying Fortum and Mason's were congratulated on their behaviour INSIDE the building by the police, and were held there, they were told, "for their own safety". The police assured them they would not be arrested (video footage confirms all this). But OUTSIDE the riot police ignored that and arrested them for aggravated trespass. Take that number away from the 200 or so arrested, and you are left with 60+ who MAY have been arrested for violence.

Some other reports indicate that the violence in Trafalgar Square may have been initiated by police action. I am beginning to realise it was naive to think the old days of police agents provocateur had gone.