November 2010

	Students Protest Fees & Cuts Malet St to Whitehall, London. Wed 24 Nov
	The march went smoothly until we reached Aldwych, when the students broke into a run. Police formed a line on Aldwych south side, and blocked their path. Clare Solomon and the other organisers argued for the march to be let through, but eventually people at the back got fed up and went down to Temple Gardens and continued the march along the Embankment, returning to the Strand further on and making their way to Trafalgar Square as planned. It wasn't at all clear what point the police had been trying to make, but it certainly alienated the students. Perhaps the police were simply trying to show that they were in charge - if so it was rather a failure, and it was the first real indication that there would be problems later.
	Eventually the march reached Trafalgar Square and made its way down Whitehall Only to find that police had blocked the entry into Parliament Square. Until then the mood had been one of Carnival but now, people didn't know what to do as the march could not continue and things began to get a little nasty
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Students Protest Fees & Cuts

Malet St to Whitehall, London. Wed 24 Nov