It is riot day in London
 

The G20 protests are kicking off. The media will be disappointed if at least one banker isn't killed and his head placed on a spike on Tower Bridge. We are getting some close ups of people pushing and shoving cops and it isn't even noon yet.

Yep its going to be a fun day in London today..wonder how many people will get arrested ?

They are merging on the Bank Of England. This is one huge demonstration Wonder if the police will be able to control it

Which US news station is covering best?

Dont know if you can get BBC News over there But Sky News is also covering it

Russell Brand just made an appearance lol

Getting hot there

I wonder whether it will be possible to control the police

The daily politics show (was watching PMQs) said that some bankers were waving tenners at the protesters. Red flag..bulls come to mind.

They are also having a big protest in Bishipstoke

The protesters in London are calling for a revolution.. they have boarded up shops and banks... Its def hotting hot 11 people have been arested for having police uniforms

There are no riots, just more media hype. Job done for them lots of papers sold this week.

media always hypes up potential chaos:mad:

Did you see the armoured car that they caught

Yeah it is pretty sad really, but it seems to have worked because apparently it is riot day :upsidedow A few thousand hippies and a few idiots and a couple of arrests. Big deal there is a lot more trouble in any town center on an average Friday/Saturday night.

hoods up.

They need to have a tea party.

They are smashing the windows of the RBS and are throwing missiles

looks like they are trying to set it on fire

What are they doing throwing lit cigarettes at it?

One of the protesters threw a smoke grenade into the building. They have now got inside it

Nice, I love it..

Lol at that protestor thought there was 500,000 protestors when there is less than 10,000. Most of these guys are angry at their own failings, that they are poor and broke and want someone to blame. The banks fucked up but so did most of the population. You lost your shitty job boo hoo maybe you shouldnt of racked up 20k debt on your credit card and got a mortgage you couldnt afford.

Getting a bit ugly now..have one of the reporters that has previously covered Iraq down on what he actually called 'the front line'

I actually feel bad for the old guys that I saw that came early today so that they could protest about their pensions and savings being trashed by interest rates. They came early so that they could miss what they called 'the trouble makers'. They can't protest without the fear of danger from those that just want an excuse to riot.

Note my comment about the media in my first post. As I see it, this is the sort of thing that does causes flashes because you have on one hand that small group of protesters that are are just always looking for a reason to get violent. Then on the other hand, you have the media hyping up the fact that such people are on the protest. So, in the end the violent types almost feel as if they don't 'bring it' they are backing down in the heat and the media feel like they have wasted coverage if something doesn't kick off.

Yeah..the first reporter I heard covering that actually started laughing.

Whatever. When are people going to learn that protesting anything like this, MDonalds etc isn't going to change shit? This isn't the 1960's anymore.

After seeing the riots we have over a hockey game I would love to volunteer for the anti riot gang and have a green light to kick a shitload of dumbass's ass.

I don't get why people get off on breaking other peoples stuff and properties.

I wonder why it's always the lefties/liberals/antis who have to protest or have the time to show up, could it be because the ones who aren't are busy working hard trying to be successful or continue being successful?

When Americans get angry, they get on talk radio stations and VOICE their anger and utilize freedom and free-speech.

When Europeans get angry, they go out and cause VIOLENCE, riot, damage and destroy private & public property.

I love riots...

There are plenty of liberals who would never do such a thing. I consider myself liberal and I have nothing much at all in common with these people.

LOL Tell that to those of us in Compton or Detroit.

I was watching the news earlier and it seems alot of the people on the front-line are journos anyway prob just causing trouble.

Hopefully it really kicks off later. So many of these dropouts are just asking for a beating, you gotta admire the restraint being shown by the police.

This is true actually. Everyone a few years ago seemed to like to brag to people about how much their house cost. People on low wages boasting about how they have managed to get such an expensive house.

It was clear then people were taking on much more than they could afford. Now, they want to blame others since they can't afford to make the payments.

The banks/government are still assholes though...

Me too.lol

Tell you..I am glad I don't commute into the city any more. For a while I got my train in and out of Cannon Street which is right in the heart of The City. I bet that is a nightmare commute today.

going to be a great year.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...63174504744439

Some good footage of the mayhem.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/0..._n_181665.html

get on twitter and search for #G20

Violence and terrorism always help get you what you want. umm.. right?

Sometimes you just have no option but to mutter "idiots" and get on with your day.

Lol? That video is 19 years old.

id go stand near the stores and wait for some free stuff

opps. Thought that was recent news footage..

Blazed what was that over?

I do agree with that upto a certain point but the problem is both the banks and the people who took all this credit are to blame!
The banks have been helped out and given tons of cash for what ?
Where as these people who could actually afford their mortgages are fucked and wont get any help from the government.

Hopefully it does'ent kick off later, cause all it does is cause damage to property and the clean up bill, will come out of our taxes. Im all for peacfull demonstrations but violence and idiots wrecking property can go fuck themselves :321GFY

You're worried about a little clean up bill? What about the billions of your tax dollars being handed over to these blood sucking bankers?