"What I would have liked to see is the Police, joining the peaceful march by refusing to don riot gear and picking up a few signs. They and their children are going to suffer from this nasty student fees decision."

It isn't just that which will affect them, VT. With the cut-backs and the reorganisations, many simply don't know whether they will have a job in the future. My son is angry that there has been no communication or consultation with them, they are simply in limbo wondering what the hell's happening. So, it would appear, we have a disaffected police force who are not going to stand behind this government as they did during the miner's strike (well, there won't be the money to pay the overtime, for one thing).

Interesting that Millbank House was not singled out as a place likely to need extra protection and that, when it was attacked, there simply weren't enough police to stop it. Now I'm not a conspiracy theorist but.........looks like we're in for a very interesting winter of discontent.