With thanks to the Police

[Gavin Yates]

Not often you'll get me praising our boys in blue so loudly but thanks are due to officers from all over the UK for their brave and skillful work in Edinburgh yesterday.

Under terrible provocation officers managed to contain groups of anarchists bent on trouble but did it fairly and within the law.

Officers came fromt GMP, West Mids, the Met and other forces and are a credit the the uniform they wear.

People in Edinburgh I think are grateful for their work.

Thanks

[Fiona]

Originally Posted by Gavin Yates

People in Edinburgh I think are grateful for their work.

Thanks

Except the ones that joined in then Gav

I don't understand why the police just don't round all those people wearing hoodies over a baseball cap and wearing face masks and glasses and put them in a stockade until it's all over.

Please don't tell me they are there for peaceful protest

Originally Posted by Fiona

Except the ones that joined in then Gav

I don't understand why the police just don't round all those people wearing hoodies over a baseball cap and wearing face masks and glasses and put them in a stockade until it's all over.

Please don't tell me they are there for peaceful protest

Ah, but this would be an infringement of their rights. Although what rights they should have are beyond me.

Corinne

[Gavin Yates]

If you look at the custodies today you'll find a great deal of them are English, Danish,French, German, Italian and a few Scots.

Very few from Edinburgh itself.

It's important that those who break the law are dealt with within the law.

Again - well done to those who worked so tirelessly yesterday.

[Dundee]

Originally Posted by Gavin Yates

If you look at the custodies today you'll find a great deal of them are English, Danish,French, German, Italian and a few Scots.

Very few from Edinburgh itself.

It's important that those who break the law are dealt with within the law.

Again - well done to those who worked so tirelessly yesterday.

Very quiet in Dundee though! somebody dropped a crisp packet in the toon centre and that caused a commotion! but that was all.

C

[Narked@50]

Originally Posted by Dundee

Very quiet in Dundee though! somebody dropped a crisp packet in the toon centre and that caused a commotion! but that was all.

C

Yea, they thought it still had crisps in it!

James (wanting to - round them up - put them in a field - and ..................)

[Steve S]

It never ceases to amaze me how these "protesters" bleat about their treatment at the hands of the Police I saw some on the box today saying that it was the Police who sparked the trouble WTF AFAIC it should be made a public order offence to be at that sort of event with your face covered if peaceful protesting is your aim then that shouldn't be a problem and would hopefully deter the rentamob tossers

Safe diving,
Steve

[chrisch]

Originally Posted by Steve S

...AFAIC it should be made a public order offence to be at that sort of event with your face covered ...

That would be the coppers then?

Chris

[Mr T.]

Originally Posted by Gavin Yates

It's important that those who break the law are dealt with within the law.

Amen to that: otherwise we descend to the cadences, climes and criminality of the ranks of those whose caused the ructions in the first place - the so-called 'anarchists'; invariably the first to demand chaos and anarchy (at least their romanticised understanding of same); yet equally and paradoxically (given their stated aim of no-rules/anarchy) so vocal in their demands for their lawful rights to be observed and monitored to the letter - smash the system until such time as they need that same system.

In reality, they're just common-or-garden tossers who, mentally, never made it out of the school playground and whose mothers didn't hug them enough.

Big up the Bobbies from all over for keeping their heads when all around them were, by choice, losing/discarding theirs.

[Gavin Yates]

Scottish Police and those serving in Scotland have their number on their lapels. Most of the coppers working yesterday in the capital weren't using personal protection equipment apart from a baton so their faces were easily seen.

Certainly they were seen by protestors who broke one officer's shoulder and put others in hospital by throwing bricks and benches at them.

I'm personally pleased that one of the individuals who has been charged under the Firearms Act (1968) Section 1 (1) is now in custody.

I never though that peaceful protest required a gun.