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NUS thugs must be arrested and thrown out of their unis

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longfingernails · 10/11/2010 17:11

Criminal damage, arson, assualt - even attempted murder (throwing a fire extinguisher into the crowd from the roof). This is unacceptable behaviour.

I am disappointed that the police didn't have a grip on the situation.

The only good thing to come out of all this is that it will totally undermine support for the NUS and Labour. The new solution isn't perfect but takes all the important steps. It is a vast improvement on the current situation.

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BelligerentGhoul · 10/11/2010 18:25

Tra la la.

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longfingernails · 10/11/2010 18:21

Well they are the right age to be students, certainly. Given it was at a NUS demo, attended by tens of thousands of students, it is not a massive leap of faith to suppose that they are students!

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GrimmaTheNome · 10/11/2010 18:21

From the radio report it sounded as though thugs (whether students or not) were spoiling what should have been a peaceful demo. They interviewed a nice girl student who was going home because of the nastiness. Sad

Biscuitscoco · 10/11/2010 18:21

Well good job your talents are confined to putting the Tory viewpoint on Mumsnet then Longnails!

sarah293 · 10/11/2010 18:18

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longfingernails · 10/11/2010 18:18

If I were Gove's assistant, I would be trying my best to help our children by breaking the NUT and NASUWT, instead of talking about politics on MN!

No, the reality is that I have a fairly ordinary (though economically productive) job in the private sector.

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BooBooGlass · 10/11/2010 18:17

O yes, I can spot a student at ten paces me Hmm
Anyway they can't be students. Not a single Jack Wills hoody in sight.

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longfingernails · 10/11/2010 18:16

Riven Well they look like students to me.

www.elpais.com/fotogaleria/Asalto/sede/Tories/elpgal/20101110elpepuint_2/Zes/2

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Biscuitscoco · 10/11/2010 18:13

Agree with Riven and BBG.

Come on OP ... you are Gove's assistant aintcher?

BooBooGlass · 10/11/2010 18:09

OP, your last paragraph is so wrong it's funny

sarah293 · 10/11/2010 18:09

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longfingernails · 10/11/2010 18:07

There is nothing wrong with protesting, peacefully.

Invading private property, breaking glass, arson, and attempted murder are "standing up for their beliefs"? Well, I think their beliefs are rather mistaken then.

I will draw the line at the right of democratic protest well before that, thank you very much.

And no, I am not Gove or his minion, though I think his ideas are superb. The teachers' unions are even more damaging to Britain than the RMT, in my opinion.

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Biscuitscoco · 10/11/2010 18:02

This will increase support for the anti-government feeling.

They are not thugs they are students (people's children). They are standing up for their beliefs. You just want to whip up feeling against them because you are a reactionary Tory.

Are you Gove (or his minion)?