Hopping Mad
The TUC is hopping mad that a bunch of crazed anarchists - managed to hijack their march and protest rally in London yesterday.
Understandably so.
Yet the solution to such problems is very simple - the march organisers should not allow these people to tag along and join their party - which provides cover for their acts of wanton vandalism and their violent attacks on the police.
The Class War brigade are always at these big events - but refusing them cover under the main march would allow them to be policed differently and separately - from peaceful protesters.
The alternative is that the anarchist groups steal the headlines - as shown today in the press and media - and the abiding image is one of damage to private property - along with a huge mess to be cleaned up at public expense.
The anarchist groups are not a new phenomenon - they've been around for years - and to most people they are insufferable bores.
The ones I've met are all drop outs - either posh boys and girls who don't need to work to earn their keep - or the kind of people who lead an alternative lifestyle supported by long-term welfare benefits.
Either way they are not interested in cuts - or even the prospect of cuts - because they don't have jobs in the first place - and no interest in getting one.
Understandably so.
Yet the solution to such problems is very simple - the march organisers should not allow these people to tag along and join their party - which provides cover for their acts of wanton vandalism and their violent attacks on the police.
The Class War brigade are always at these big events - but refusing them cover under the main march would allow them to be policed differently and separately - from peaceful protesters.
The alternative is that the anarchist groups steal the headlines - as shown today in the press and media - and the abiding image is one of damage to private property - along with a huge mess to be cleaned up at public expense.
The anarchist groups are not a new phenomenon - they've been around for years - and to most people they are insufferable bores.
The ones I've met are all drop outs - either posh boys and girls who don't need to work to earn their keep - or the kind of people who lead an alternative lifestyle supported by long-term welfare benefits.
Either way they are not interested in cuts - or even the prospect of cuts - because they don't have jobs in the first place - and no interest in getting one.
