I love this, from a report (from The Times website) on Wednesday's round of student protests:
Sarah Tomlinson, who was waiting behind the police line for her daughter Katie, 16, to be released, said that she was angry that her child had been kept in freezing temperatures without food or water for more than seven hours. She added that she had been chased down the street by police.
Margo Turner, whose 17-year-old son Sam was also trapped, said: “I think it’s appalling. I was really scared when the police horses charged. It’s their democratic right to protest. They are going to university in 2012 and they won’t be able to afford it.”
Quite right too. What kind of country do we live in when mummies take their kids to a demonstration, and the police can't even provide a risk-free riot scene?
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