[Iran Press TV] Hundreds of thousands of British opposing to the coalition government's budget cuts are marching in London streets, chanting for an alternative to the government's austerity cuts.
"It's a cloudy day, with a high of 57F. A pleasant London spring day for a march... we can read the signs to discover what it's about."
Tens of thousands of teachers, council staff, nurses, students, National Health Service (NHS) officials and many others who are angry at the public cut plans, mounting rates of unemployment, tax rises, pay cuts and pension reforms are partaking in the demonstration.
"Sure the country's economic situation is dire, but that doesn't mean we should suffer!"
About 800 coaches were planned to get people from across the country to London to participate in the rally, which is considered as the biggest public reaction against government's spending cuts since it took office in May 2010 following the general elections. The protesters began marching from Victoria Embankment to Hyde Park.
Hundreds of people from North East traveled to London on Saturday morning to join the London protest. Demonstrators from Aberystwyth to Aberdeen and from Penzance to Perth also arrived in London to shout with the Londoners at the spending cuts.
British Education Secretary Michael Gove claimed that he could understand people's anger, but "the difficulty that we have as the government inheriting a terrible economic mess is that we have to take steps to bring the public finances back into balance."
Unite union's General Secretary Len McCluskey said the coalition government has exaggerated about the level of the deficit.
Describing his economic plan, McCluskey said, "Our alternative is to concentrate on economic growth through tax fairness so, for example, if the government was brave enough, it would tackle the tax avoidance that robs the British taxpayer of a minimum of £25bn a year."
Around 100 legal observers are monitoring the policing of the protest, and there are more representatives from other human rights ...which are usually open to widely divergent definitions... groups on hand to offer advice to demonstrators.
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Anarchism Anarchism is a political philosophy which considers the state undesirable, unnecessary, and harmful, and instead promotes a stateless society.
So these geniuses are protesting cuts in the size of governments? They are a disgrace to the anarchists cause
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Labour created a welfare dependency monster to cover its massive unemployment rate. Even that wasn't enough, so they made a massive increase in the size of government, to create the illusion of jobs and lower the welfare rolls.
And it's all coming to an end. This will mean massive unemployment *without* welfare, which guarantees public disturbance.
The easiest way to solve this is massive deportations of foreigners, even stripping many of the naturalized aliens of their citizenship and sending them packing(*).
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Tipper, any excuse to riot and break stuff is a good excuse for the anarchists...
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So these geniuses are protesting cuts in the size of governments?
In practice, Anarchists have been allied with the Communists and even fought alongside them against Democrats and Royalists. Of course the Communists later turned on them and wiped them out, a detail not taught at uni.
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The Guardian et al. are falling all over themselves to argue that the violence of a small proportion of the demonstrators should not be allowed to overshadow the positive intent of the rest.
On the other hand, if one US soldier or marine carrying a hundred pounds of gear in 120 degree weather loses it, it's wall to wall coverage of the "atrocity."
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Kenneth Clarke has ratcheted up government pressure to depose Colonel Gaddafi by warning that the Libyan leader could stage a Lockerbie-style attack in revenge for Britain's role in the enforcement of the UN resolution if he is left in power.
The lord chancellor told the Guardian: "We do have one particular interest in the Maghreb [the western region of North Africa], which is Lockerbie. The British people have reason to remember the curse of Gaddafi Gaddafi back in power, the old Gaddafi looking for revenge, we have a real interest in preventing that."
Clarke says in the interview that the UN resolution does not support regime change, adding that he would regard occupation as madness. But his remarks suggest British ministers recognise they now have a direct security interest in Gaddafi's removal in light of Libya's involvement in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing which killed 259 people on Pan Am flight 103 and 11 on the ground in the Scottish town.
Yup, and Qadaffy would do it again, multiple times, just to get his revenge.
The justice secretary is also extremely frank in admitting that the UK government has little idea how long the conflict will take or how it will be resolved.
His remarks came as a Guardian ICM poll shows more people oppose British involvement in the military action in Libya than support it: 42% against, compared with 36% in favour. Asked about the purpose of British involvement, 80% support protecting civilians from attack by Gaddafi and 42% said the intervention should help Libyan rebels depose Gaddafi.
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Well, al-qaeda is trying to do just that everyday, so what's the diff from a security point of view?
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From a crotchety perspective, no diff. Come on, you conservative wingnuts think positively! One World! One Mind! Hope and keep the change!!
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While Al-Qaeda has sponsors within nation states, it cannot regularly draw on state-level intelligence, weaponry and finances. The difference does matter.
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From what I heard, Gadaffi has already sent money and murkymooks to conduct attacks against the UK and US in retaliation for the interference in his rule. Getting good HUMNIT on that could allow for a simple operation on him.
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