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gynn · 27-03-2011, 09:35

250,000 people marched through London yesterday to protest against the cuts in public spending. No doubt they all feel better for doing so, as it gave them a chance to voice their concerns.

But what real, lasting benefits did the protest achieve? Have any Coalition ministers or MPs had a sudden change of heart in the face of the protests? Unlikely.

Will it change the budgets set for the coming year? No. They are all fixed now, including all the local authority budgets incorporating the cuts.

So what did the march achieve? Well, the cost of policing it must have been astronomical, money that would have been better spent on providing some of the services that have been cut. The TV this morning is showing Westminster Council cleaning wagons clearing up the mess. Staff will be on enhanced rates for Sunday working, which again will be costing an arm and a leg. Money that would have been better spent on providing some of the services that have been cut.

And was it rocket science for the TUC to have foreseen that, following the student riots last year, that all the anarchists in the country would latch on to the protest to pursue their own, twisted agenda of destruction and trouble making? And all the headlines were about the troubles, not the peaceful march.

I sympathise with the intentions of those who joined the peaceful protest, but again I wonder exactly what was actually achieved yesterday.

27-03-2011, 09:35	#1
gynn Senior Member+ Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 1,136 Liked: 10 times Rep Power: 4980	March Against the Cuts 250,000 people marched through London yesterday to protest against the cuts in public spending. No doubt they all feel better for doing so, as it gave them a chance to voice their concerns. But what real, lasting benefits did the protest achieve? Have any Coalition ministers or MPs had a sudden change of heart in the face of the protests? Unlikely. Will it change the budgets set for the coming year? No. They are all fixed now, including all the local authority budgets incorporating the cuts. So what did the march achieve? Well, the cost of policing it must have been astronomical, money that would have been better spent on providing some of the services that have been cut. The TV this morning is showing Westminster Council cleaning wagons clearing up the mess. Staff will be on enhanced rates for Sunday working, which again will be costing an arm and a leg. Money that would have been better spent on providing some of the services that have been cut. And was it rocket science for the TUC to have foreseen that, following the student riots last year, that all the anarchists in the country would latch on to the protest to pursue their own, twisted agenda of destruction and trouble making? And all the headlines were about the troubles, not the peaceful march. I sympathise with the intentions of those who joined the peaceful protest, but again I wonder exactly what was actually achieved yesterday.