On Saturday, March 26, there were two demonstrations in London. The first was attended by half a million people against budget cuts affecting disproportionately vital public services and those who provide them. The other showed how easy it is for hundreds of people to confiscate the event with sporadic violence.
It was the biggest demonstration the country has seen since those against the war in Iraq, eight years ago. They came from all over the kingdom to express their anger in budget savings, their only weapons consisting chanting slogans and waving placards. They were 500 000 and, with their desperate causes, they accounted for 500 000 different reasons for taking a stand.
Students face higher fees for parents whose aid program to support preschool children is questioned, the message was: "No to the guillotine." The "March for another policy" was organized by unions, but his message of rejection of budget savings has affected a population much larger. Hundreds of buses have been chartered and transit stormed, participants flocked from around the country.
Diane Richards, a nurse of 62 years of Aberystwyth, was among them. "I was born the same year as the NHS [National Health Service] and I am better than him. Politicians do not go completely the consequences of these cuts for small communities, poor communities. "The banks of the Thames were invaded by the oil multi-colored filling the streets with banners, balloons and entertainers .
But some protesters - a few hundred at most - have engaged in violence (broken windows, spray paint, fire department). At nightfall, a hard core of hooligans continued to battle with police in Trafalgar Square. "There is no doubt," said a spokesman for the organization of civil liberties Liberty, "that the official event organized by trade unions took place so extraordinarily orderly, peaceful and friendly, and the police response has been generally measured.
But violent elements have obviously infiltrated, and from time to time, have left the procession to engage in abuses, before melting among the demonstrators. "Emily Dugan, Kevin Rawlinson, Rachel Shabi, Tom Moseley and Charlie Cooper 
It was the biggest demonstration the country has seen since those against the war in Iraq, eight years ago. They came from all over the kingdom to express their anger in budget savings, their only weapons consisting chanting slogans and waving placards. They were 500 000 and, with their desperate causes, they accounted for 500 000 different reasons for taking a stand.
Students face higher fees for parents whose aid program to support preschool children is questioned, the message was: "No to the guillotine." The "March for another policy" was organized by unions, but his message of rejection of budget savings has affected a population much larger. Hundreds of buses have been chartered and transit stormed, participants flocked from around the country.
Diane Richards, a nurse of 62 years of Aberystwyth, was among them. "I was born the same year as the NHS [National Health Service] and I am better than him. Politicians do not go completely the consequences of these cuts for small communities, poor communities. "The banks of the Thames were invaded by the oil multi-colored filling the streets with banners, balloons and entertainers .
But some protesters - a few hundred at most - have engaged in violence (broken windows, spray paint, fire department). At nightfall, a hard core of hooligans continued to battle with police in Trafalgar Square. "There is no doubt," said a spokesman for the organization of civil liberties Liberty, "that the official event organized by trade unions took place so extraordinarily orderly, peaceful and friendly, and the police response has been generally measured.
But violent elements have obviously infiltrated, and from time to time, have left the procession to engage in abuses, before melting among the demonstrators. "Emily Dugan, Kevin Rawlinson, Rachel Shabi, Tom Moseley and Charlie Cooper
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