sounds like they've even managed to get on the roof

here's a text from one of them:

"This is only the beginning," the anonymous activist warns.

"We stand against the cuts, in solidarity with all the poor, elderly, disabled and working people affected. We are against all cuts and the marketisation of education. We are occupying the rood of Tory HQ to show we are against the Tory system of attacking the poor and helping the rich. This is only the beginning."

Posted By: Ralf Scrampton on November 10th 2010 at 15:29:38

Message Thread

This protests a bit tasty. Report back later (n/m) (General Chat) - Only1Doherty, Nov 10, 15:20:11
- Hardly a great argument, people already think students do fuck all (General Chat) - conker, Nov 10, 15:38:56
  - vast majority not rioting, staff involved as well, a lot of uni's have supported them (General Chat) - samcd84, Nov 10, 15:55:07
    - It's misuse of their current fee's thats why! I went to uni, I did some fucking work (n/m) (General Chat) - conker, Nov 10, 16:02:38
      - should've worked on your grammar while you were there... (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Nov 10, 16:06:32
      - I think Universities need to do more work on use of the apostrophe. (n/m) (General Chat) - Hertz van Rental, Nov 10, 16:03:49
        
        I didn't studying English :) ''''''''''''''' (n/m) (General Chat) - conker, Nov 10, 16:05:55
        
        do you not need to be literate to go to uni then? (General Chat) - Tombs, Nov 10, 16:06:45
        
        heh (n/m) (General Chat) - Hertz van Rental, Nov 10, 16:06:40
        
        arf (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Nov 10, 16:05:28
    - should they not be studying though? or dont they do that on a wednesday? (General Chat) - Tombs, Nov 10, 16:01:32
  - 10/10 (n/m) (General Chat) - EtuWHO, Nov 10, 15:44:29
    - Yes OBEY OBEY OBEY OBEY. (n/m) (General Chat) - Hertz van Rental, Nov 10, 15:45:04
- A lot of the people I know who went to university (General Chat) - EtuWHO, Nov 10, 15:32:41
  - Your taxes? How? (n/m) (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Nov 10, 15:59:25
    - 40% of my earnings? (n/m) (General Chat) - EtuWHO, Nov 10, 16:28:03
      - ^^ Before complaining about taxation, at least try to understand how it works. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Nov 10, 16:47:01
        
        Please explain how this works (n/m) (General Chat) - EtuWHO, Nov 10, 16:54:38
  - ? (n/m) (General Chat) - Huge Small, Nov 10, 15:38:19
  - Oh. (General Chat) - Hertz van Rental, Nov 10, 15:35:00
    - Perraps because public money paid for them to study something they won't use again? (n/m) (General Chat) - megson, Nov 10, 15:40:07
      - That's if you view Higher Education as having a purely vocational function. (n/m) (General Chat) - Hertz van Rental, Nov 10, 15:40:46
        
        pointless education for all? (General Chat) - Tombs, Nov 10, 15:52:31
        
        You need to move into a different field. (n/m) (General Chat) - Hertz van Rental, Nov 10, 15:53:37
        
        i will (General Chat) - Tombs, Nov 10, 16:02:11
    - Anyone can get a job in a different field (General Chat) - EtuWHO, Nov 10, 15:39:20
      - I don't understand. What 'different field'? (n/m) (General Chat) - Hertz van Rental, Nov 10, 15:39:59
        
        Batchelor of Arts (General Chat) - EtuWHO, Nov 10, 15:42:20
        
        I don't think there is anything wrong with having an educated population (General Chat) - Hertz van Rental, Nov 10, 15:44:02
        
        trouble with that though is employers start looking for graduates for jobs (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Nov 10, 15:47:30
        
        I agree, so pay for it yourself (General Chat) - EtuWHO, Nov 10, 15:45:21
        
        Your sample size of 1 doesn't mean anything. (General Chat) - Hertz van Rental, Nov 10, 15:46:34
        
        No (General Chat) - EtuWHO, Nov 10, 15:50:08
        
        You should start a UK Tea Party movement - they're into all that Me First stuff too. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Nov 10, 16:49:57
        
        So university just for the rich then? Why not charge for primary and secondary school? (n/m) (General Chat) - Hertz van Rental, Nov 10, 15:51:21
        
        You have a point (General Chat) - EtuWHO, Nov 10, 16:00:58
        
        You're right, people who send their kids to private schools need all the help they can get (n/m) (General Chat) - Hertz van Rental, Nov 10, 16:02:52
        
        They could well be sacrificing a holiday or clothes for themselves? (General Chat) - EtuWHO, Nov 10, 16:27:31
        
        They must have gone on some bloody expensive holidays. (n/m) (General Chat) - Hertz van Rental, Nov 10, 16:54:30
        
        be a bit much to hope that you're about to sacrifice yourself i s'pose? (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Nov 10, 16:35:37
        
        yerp (n/m) (General Chat) - EtuWHO, Nov 10, 16:55:13
  - oh right (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Nov 10, 15:33:50
  - Not their fault there's no jobs (n/m) (General Chat) - Only1Doherty, Nov 10, 15:33:34
    - Make your own work (General Chat) - EtuWHO, Nov 10, 15:41:45
      - Cheers David brent (n/m) (General Chat) - Only1Doherty, Nov 10, 15:43:08
        
        Lol - Would you like to see my dance? (n/m) (General Chat) - EtuWHO, Nov 10, 15:45:44
        
        Only if it's the cock tummy slap dance (n/m) (General Chat) - Huge Small, Nov 10, 15:49:27
- It's all gone PWOPA NAWTYYYYYYYYYYY (General Chat) - Hertz van Rental, Nov 10, 15:27:00
  - and Grant Mitchell (n/m) (General Chat) - Huge Small, Nov 10, 15:28:18
    - On a related note, have people seen the Wiki entry for 'Danny Dyer's Deadliest Men'? (General Chat) - Hertz van Rental, Nov 10, 15:30:05
- 50,000 students in London protesting about university cuts (n/m) (General Chat) - Only1Doherty, Nov 10, 15:24:02
  - Oh. I saw they'd done a bit of a fire (General Chat) - Huge Small, Nov 10, 15:26:39
    - they're doing in Tory HQ (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Nov 10, 15:28:00
      - sounds like they've even managed to get on the roof (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Nov 10, 15:29:38
  - Meant to be a reply to tricky (n/m) (General Chat) - Only1Doherty, Nov 10, 15:24:23
- You at the swimming pool? (General Chat) - Huge Small, Nov 10, 15:24:00
  - Millbank (n/m) (General Chat) - Only1Doherty, Nov 10, 15:24:48
- anyone have a clue what he's on about? (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Nov 10, 15:22:53
  - students are revolting (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Nov 10, 15:27:24
    - about time (General Chat) - Huge Small, Nov 10, 15:30:47
      - It's only a couple of months since you were small (General Chat) - pants, Nov 10, 15:35:36
      - all tribal though entut (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Nov 10, 15:33:43
  - Presumably this (General Chat) - CB41, Nov 10, 15:24:59

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