So last night Nate and I were too busy watching news coverage to even think about blogging. If you weren't aware, yesterday London experienced it's largest protest since the war in Iraq(2002). Approximately half a million people marched from the houses of parliament, through Trafalgar Square and on to Hyde Park to show their disagreement with the Prime Minister's plan to increase taxes and cut benefits, jobs, community supports, to help improve England's current economic state. The protest was peace
ful until a splinter group of anarchists (true anarchists) decided to use this as an opportunity to deface public sites and destroy properties of companies they believed to be evading taxes (large banks, The Ritz Hotel, Top Shop and others) in what they called "an act of civil disobedience." Riots ensued throughout the night, ending around 2am with over 200 arrests and over 100 people treated in the hospital.
ful until a splinter group of anarchists (true anarchists) decided to use this as an opportunity to deface public sites and destroy properties of companies they believed to be evading taxes (large banks, The Ritz Hotel, Top Shop and others) in what they called "an act of civil disobedience." Riots ensued throughout the night, ending around 2am with over 200 arrests and over 100 people treated in the hospital. The city is quickly recovering from the mess and damage done and thankfully our day today was peaceful and uneventful. I'm thankful for my friend Helen's recommendation of a hotel near Nottinghill as we continued on, life as usual :)
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