Thousands attended the big protest that took place against the rise of tuition fees. I attended this as I felt very strongly about it. Everyone gathered in Trafalgar Square before marching down to the Palace of Westminster. However, on Oxford Street fights started to break out and everything was getting out of hand. Windows were getting smashed and shops were graffitied on and the police were finding it difficult to control the crowd. Retailers were being attacked because they don’t pay their taxes and therefore leave students and other workers to suffer! The government is making us pay more taxes, money we really don’t have! Just so they can recover from the recession, but where does that leave us...
“Labour's Gareth Thomas said the fee hike represented a ‘tragedy for a whole generation of young people’. The National Union of Students dubbed the plan, which will mean almost a threefold increase, ‘an outrage’. Much of the proposed fee rise, up from the current £3,290 per year, will replace funding cut from universities in last month's Spending Review. This will mean that many courses, particularly in arts and humanities, will almost entirely depend on income from students' fees. Labour's university spokesman, Gareth Thomas, warned that ‘students will be forced to choose the cheapest courses, not one that suits best’.”
And just stating, I didn’t attack any of the shops, I simply went there to show my support.
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