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  This has been a really thought provoking thread-with some passionate personal views. Alex-you mention that worrying expression...civil unrest. We last saw this during the poll tax demonstrations and that was frightening,mainly because it resulted in a change in the law. What I also find particularly disturbing is that violent protests can quite easily be predicted and aren't. The latest student debacle can be traced back to a number of opposition MP's recklessly making promises they knew they could not keep. I can just picture all the old school seasoned politicians all wincing when they saw the giant sized signed pledges, all designed to procure the young vote. To a man they must all have thought-"your'e gonna regret that old sons". Now of course it's come back to bite them in the back of the neck. The only way out was for them to have the backbone to unilaterally keep their pledge to the students and forsake their prized places in government. That wasn't to be...just volumes of political excuses and avoiding the question.
  Barry I share your revulsion of violence and orchestrated civil disobedience. However, my patience would have been severely tested if I had been anywhere near the louts disrespecting our fallen heroes or anything which is essentially part of our depleting National Heritage including our last real bastion of Britishness,our now somewhat beleaguered Royal Family. The police should really have looked after them better than they did earlier this week. It was a very sad day-even sadder when we realise that we have Cambridge University student who claims not to know the significance of the Cenotaph. Dumbed down? I should say so-who on earth admitted this moron to Cambridge in the first place?
  We can only hope that the students and the rent a mob calm down a bit so that the politicians can go away,learn from their mistakes(who am I kidding) and we can return to relative normality.
  Finally-Prince Charles could really capture the moment here if he is sharp witted and measured in comment. He could make a few more friends if he played his cards right-and not just with the students.

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