Some of my pictures from the Downing Street Protests

shingle said:

All in all a bit of a weird day really.

Didn't know anything about it till I saw 1066's thread on Friday night. So went up there with camera took a few pics and joined the march although nobody seemed to know where they were marching to including the police, anyhow got bored and gave up when it got to Covent Garden and went and took some pics of the British Museum and Trafalgar Square. Eventually arrived back in Whitehall and took some more pics and one of the protestors upon seeing my bha beanie hat came up and screamed FU*K OFF BRIGHTON, anyhow here's some pics View attachment 73608

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Diablo said:

not a job amongst them....or is that what they do on their days off...

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Diego Napier said:

That's right. Back in the good old days it would've only been toffs and bankers and wealthy and affluent pillars of society who marched.

What've the jobless got to complain about?[/QUOTE

I don't recall in my lifetime seeing the sort of people you mention marching, rather the usual rag tag of spoilt brats, eager to protest, until daddy's money runs out and they finally have to join the real world. Of course, there is such a thing as youthful idealism, I appreciate, but looking at these pictures, how many of them are the usual protestors with little or no experience of life.

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Diablo said:

not a job amongst them....or is that what they do on their days off...

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beorhthelm said:

thats probably not fair, they're a rag tag bunch of students, lecturers, wanna-be journalists, trust fund kids, freelance gemstone sellers and tarot card readers, and advertising/marketing/BBC admin staff. and everyone of them would reduce their tax presented any opportunity to do so.

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Hastings gull said:

Diego Napier said:

That's right. Back in the good old days it would've only been toffs and bankers and wealthy and affluent pillars of society who marched.

What've the jobless got to complain about?[/QUOTE

I don't recall in my lifetime seeing the sort of people you mention marching, rather the usual rag tag of spoilt brats, eager to protest, until daddy's money runs out and they finally have to join the real world. Of course, there is such a thing as youthful idealism, I appreciate, but looking at these pictures, how many of them are the usual protestors with little or no experience of life.

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Quite. The little blighters ought to know their place and appreciate when they're well off. Judging from all their smiles, they can't be suffering. As you so rightly point out, it's the youth of today, they all look like they've got rich parents, they should be back working at the family's firm or helping out around the house instead of being out, larking around enjoying themselves and wasting police time. Come to that, how much has it cost to police this nonsense? Did they think of that then when they were planning their little jolly up in town?

And another thing; in my day, people knew their place. All this marching about malarky and empathising (whatever that means!) with people less fortunate than themselves is just self indulgent. We didn't get where we are today by worrying about the less fortunate. Our nation can't afford this lunacy, just get back to work, earn a decent days wage and get the country back to work.

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beorhthelm said:

and everyone of them would reduce their tax presented any opportunity to do so.

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Diego Napier said:

Ah, there you go, judging everyone by your own standards.

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