Monday 2 May 2011

Stokes Croft Tesco Riots

So a fourth day night of rioting since the raid on the squat at Stokes Croft where, alegedly, petrol bombs were found. For hippies were home at the time. This triggered a protest from the largely middle class community tat don't want a Tesco Express. This is nothing like the '80's race riots in St Pauls, Chappeltown, Toxteth, Brixton et, al, hat lit up Britain in '82 hortly after the previous onservative government were elected. The pre Christmas student riots were again middle class kids concerned about their education. Whilst both waves of protest are against the brutality of the 'survival of the strongest and richest' enforcing any upward mobillity or equallity or even charity they are quite different. Thatchers revolution against the labour heavy North and any attempt to live a different way, her crushing of the mining communities and the destruction of the new age travellers. Anyone who knew the Traveller life pre Beanfield will know that todays Traveller scene is but a shadow of what was a beautiful life choice. There will be more and more protests. Even I believe an overhaul of the benefits system was necessary but Cameron is leading the country in to what may ammount to civil war. What the result of the AV referendum may leave could be far greater than we imagine. If the voting system leaves no alternative then we will see change. They all think they can get away with it. Egypt has shown what can happen when complacency over rides understanding of the people. Cameron and Clegg aren't evil, they are just totally out of touch with the majority of the people living under their rule. There will be more riots. The streets will become unsafe again and like Thatcherism it will collapse. Loyalty to community, something lost with children from Oxford supporting Manchester United will come back on them. I would like to take a coach of young Man U fans from Oxford and drop them in Hume for the night.

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