Dear protestors...

[friend_of_tofu]

...who threw shit (including possibly a fire extinguisher) off the roof of 30 Millbank...

...please go die in a fire, you fucking knobjockeys, and stop diverting attention from a serious and important issue by doing stupid, dangerous crap which could injure or kill people.

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Comments

[alextiefling]

I think it's important to recognise that the reporting follows the violence. I attended a peaceful protest outside both Conservative and Lib Dem HQs back in May, and we got extremely favourable coverage from the BBC - and a favourable response from at least some of the politicians we were addressing. If we'd thrown and broken stuff, we'd not have got that response - and then the BBC coverage would have been different. That's journalism - man bites dog is news.

[alextiefling]

We were calling on both participating parties in the coalition negotiations to pay attention to the demands of the public for a more representative voting system. We managed to get Nick Clegg to come out and talk to us in person. (Conservative HQ seemed deserted, so we left there after a bit.) As there's a referendum forthcoming next year offering the possibility of Alternative Vote rather than First Past the Post, we did all right. Time will tell whether that translates into real lasting political change, but you can't change the world overnight.