"I will be in my office getting on with doing far more productive for the country than standing outside giving respectability for a bunch of anarchists. "

Well bully for you. In your smug self-satisfaction I don't suppose you'll be sparing a thought for those hundreds of thousands of people who, like me, have lost their jobs because of the actions of a load of greedy, morally bankrupt financiers. But as we are now anarchists as well as hippies, perhaps you'd like to add, despite my having worked for over 40 years, 'layabouts' and 'spongers'. Quite frankly, people like you make me sick.


"To Richard Bridge and theleveller I rather hope that if there are any such other "clowns" out there similarly equipped and like minded that both of you will have the good grace to tamp down all yells of police brutality and over reaction if any of them get their bloody silly heads blown off."

Let me repeat, for those who haven't got the message yet: "My views on guns for any reason are well-known". By that, I mean that I abhor all firearms. One reason for this is that my eldest son is a member of a police ARU (armed response unit)who has to face armed criminals. Now, teribus, have you finally got that or are you going to continue with your usual practice of distorting what other people say?

"Dictators rely on such thinking to build their support. Quick, sign up now and you'll get the shirt for free."

No, George, dictators maintain their positions by not pallowing any form of protest and brutally surpessing any form of opposition. It's people having the courage to protest about the abuses in society that get things changed - like the slave trade, supression of women's rights, child labour, the death penalty etc. - all perfectly legal until someone had the courage to stand up against the wrath of the establishment and say that they were wrong. Folk music is full of songs about them. Read Emma's post above.