Riots in London and people force their way into

[Vanhalen 0]

Sketchy details at the minute, but everythings kicking off

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3656524.stm

 

 

Hunt protest halts Parliament

 

Protesters in the House of Commons

Parliament has been suspended after five protesters got into the Commons chamber while MPs debated whether to ban hunting with dogs.

It came as thousands of pro-hunters continued to protest outside Parliament in a mostly peaceful rally which involved some scuffles with police.

 

Four of the men ran out from behind the speaker's chair. Another wrestled past a doorkeeper from a different entrance.

 

They were chased by officials but one harangued minister Alun Michael.

 

Outside Parliament, police estimate there are between 8,000 and 10,000 protesters but the organisers put it at 20,000.

 

The four hour protest has been mostly peaceful but police have used their batons against a small minority of protesters.

 

MPs had been debating the Bill on banning hunting with dogs. A series of votes will be held later in the effort to hold all the Commons stages in one day.

 

The mass protest outside Parliament was organised by the Countryside Alliance.

 

Van loads of police in riot gear have been sent into the area to bolster the hundreds of officers already there, with scuffles in one corner of Parliament Square as police sought to keep demonstrators penned in and away from the House of Commons.

 

Some bottles and fireworks were thrown and some protesters were filmed with bloodied heads after the clashes.

 

The PA announcer for the demonstration appealed for calm saying: "You are doing our cause harm. We have no problem with the police."

 

But some demonstrators continued jostling with police and shouting angry, anti-Tony Blair slogans.

 

Simon Kenney, a huntsman from Durham, was bleeding from the head.

 

He said: "I was up at the front trying to make my point to a policeman, then he just hit me with his baton."

 

Westminster Bridge was also closed by a sit-down protest.

 

Many of the protesters wore T-shirts picturing Tony Blair with devil horns and "I'll keep hunting" slogans.

 

The government has chosen the path of prejudice and spite - the reaction it unleashes will be entirely its own responsibility

Simon Hart

Countryside Alliance

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Rioting over hunting with dogs?

Wow, the UK has some hardcore citizens.

 

And they threw fireworks? Ok, yeah ok. Sure, they threw fireworks. Come on, where's Ashton?

[kkktookmybabyaway 0]

Don't even begin to say shit about us Americans being crazy mo-fos...

[Renegade 0]

Both sides are twats.

[Guest SP-1]

Isn't that the way government is supposed to work? You know . . . the people having a voice and all that?

 

Oh, sorry . . . that makes them dumb. MY BAD LOLZ.

[Dr. Tom 0]

He said: "I was up at the front trying to make my point to a policeman, then he just hit me with his baton."

Good. Fucking hippie.

 

I guess I shouldn't be surprised. This is the country where people kill each other over soccer games, so some nutjobs storming Parliament over a bloody hunting bill isn't out of character.

[PLAGIARISM! 0]

Both sides are twats.

My position on everything.

 

I actually sided with the people employed by hunts who were gonna lose their jobs because of this, but they've lost my respect now. Obviously they were all Daily Express-reading lunatics in the first place, but still.

[Zorin Industries 0]

Good. Fucking hippie.

I found this quite amusing, as the people protesting are qite far from being hippies both socially and politically

[PLAGIARISM! 0]

^ What he said. Conservative country dwelling self-important morons. Seriously.

[Guest Contentious C]

"It's...RAGE..."

[redbaron29 0]

British Politics are not for the weak. I remember watching a session of parliament one time, and they are always takin pot shots at one another and just overall a bunch of hooligans!

[CheesalaIsGood 0]

Awesome. I love chaos. At least it'll make those meatshits who run things there know they are vulnerable. Bitches.

 

[King Cucaracha 0]

British Parliament is funny enough when everyone's there. You've got PM Blair and the other guy, leader of the opposition or whatever, basically trading snide jabs. And after every one, you've got all the other ministers in the background cheering them on. It's like a playground arguement half the time.

 

And as if all this wasn't bad enough, the real farce is the security. There are armed police in the House (Word.), but the people who ran in got chased and grabbed by a bunch of ex servicemen wearing tights and carrying swords in their pockets.

 

It's great to be British.

[Corey_Lazarus 0]

**cues Atari Teenage Riot's "Start The Riot"**

 

START THE RIOT!

[Dr. Tom 0]

Good.  Fucking hippie.

I found this quite amusing, as the people protesting are qite far from being hippies both socially and politically

I was painting with a broad brush and admittedly using "hippie" as a synonym for "any protestor who deserves and gets a good ass-whooping from the police." At least the cops didn't just blow their whistles...

[Guest BDC]

Good.  Fucking hippie.

I found this quite amusing, as the people protesting are qite far from being hippies both socially and politically

I was painting with a broad brush and admittedly using "hippie" as a synonym for "any protestor who deserves and gets a good ass-whooping from the police." At least the cops didn't just blow their whistles...

Very good to see they've gotten beyond their portrayl in the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen...

[Rob E Dangerously 0]

well.. unless by blowing a whistle, they shoot a dart.

 

Then they could do that.

 

But.. damn..

 

It doesn't seem like fights break out in the House these days. Probably because that doesn't really go over well.

 

"I was only representating my district when I punched the Gentleman from Illinois in the face"