Poor Little Rich Kid
So the latest 'radical' student protestor - Charlie Gilmour - pleads guilty in court to disorderly conduct.
How boring and predictable.
When the going gets tough, young Charlie cuts his hair - puts on a nice respectable suit and tie - and hires an expensive barrister to represent his interests in court.
The judge then agrees to defer sentence until July - so that the young student can concentrate on his exams.
Here's what I wrote on the blog site back in December - since then Mum and Dad have no doubt stepped in and read Charlie the riot act - and no doubt paid for his lawyer as well.
Reminds me of the character played by Philip Seymour Hoffman in the film - Scent of a Woman.
Leave Them Kids Alone? (14 December 2010)
The latest student protester to be charged with 'disorderly conduct' is 21 year old Charlie Gilmour - son of the legendary Pink Floyd guitarist - David Gilmour.
Charlie was privately educated at the £9,000 a term Lancing College in West Sussex - so making a bigger contribution to his higher education - should be like a stroll in the park.
Now Charlie's dad could probably buy a whole university - never mind afford an extra few thousand pounds to help pay for his son's higher education - from the fortune he's made as a rock star.
And of course his parents were perfectly happy to do just that - while young Charles was going to his private fee paying 'secondary' school.
So, the whole business of charges and fees is full of hypocrisy - the point is that those in a position to make a greater contribution should do so.
Otherwise the rest of us are subsidising Charlie and his famous dad - through the public purse - which is plainly bonkers.
How boring and predictable.
When the going gets tough, young Charlie cuts his hair - puts on a nice respectable suit and tie - and hires an expensive barrister to represent his interests in court.
The judge then agrees to defer sentence until July - so that the young student can concentrate on his exams.
Here's what I wrote on the blog site back in December - since then Mum and Dad have no doubt stepped in and read Charlie the riot act - and no doubt paid for his lawyer as well.
Reminds me of the character played by Philip Seymour Hoffman in the film - Scent of a Woman.
Leave Them Kids Alone? (14 December 2010)
The latest student protester to be charged with 'disorderly conduct' is 21 year old Charlie Gilmour - son of the legendary Pink Floyd guitarist - David Gilmour.
Charlie was privately educated at the £9,000 a term Lancing College in West Sussex - so making a bigger contribution to his higher education - should be like a stroll in the park.
Now Charlie's dad could probably buy a whole university - never mind afford an extra few thousand pounds to help pay for his son's higher education - from the fortune he's made as a rock star.
And of course his parents were perfectly happy to do just that - while young Charles was going to his private fee paying 'secondary' school.
So, the whole business of charges and fees is full of hypocrisy - the point is that those in a position to make a greater contribution should do so.
Otherwise the rest of us are subsidising Charlie and his famous dad - through the public purse - which is plainly bonkers.
