First they came for the travellers, and I didn’t speak up ‘cos they is pikie and stuff.

Then they came for the climate camp, and I didn’t speak up ‘cos they is smelly and into all that green shit dat they go on wiv.

They came for the students and didn’t say nuffing, shit man, day are marching and shit, thousands of then, the government are gona have to listen, but fuck it, I can’t afford to be a student.

They came for the squatters and homeless and I kept stum, well, I have a house and stuff, and that is a shame man ‘cos deem squatters do ace parties!

Then they came for the anti-war protesters, I didn’t speak up ‘cos, like,  I got a mate dat was in army and all that, but he only got the one leg now and shit, I didn’t wanta like disrespect him.

Then I looked around and realised, fuck Dis shit, I am well in their list, we are next bro!

(there are so many more verses, this work is unfinished)

Can you imagine working for a company that only has a little more than 635 employees, but, has the following employee statistics:

‎29 have been accused of spouse abuse
7 have been arrested for fraud
9 have been accused of writing bad cheques
17 have directly or indirectly bankrupted at least 2 businesses
3 have done time for assault
71 cannot get a credit card due to bad credit
14 have been arrested on drug-related charges
8 have been arrested for shoplifting
21 are currently defendants in lawsuits
84 have been arrested for drink driving in the last year
and collectively, this year alone, they have cost the British tax payer £92,993,748 in expenses!

Which organisation is this?

It’s the 635 members of the House of Commons.

live-updating timeline for 26march

This is the piece which led to the Fitwatch website being suspended – please circulate spartacus style

The remarkable and brilliant student action at Millbank has produced some predictable frothing at the mouth from the establishment and right wing press. Cameron has called for the ‘full weight of the law’ to fall on those who had caused tens of thousands of pounds of damage to the expensive decor at Tory party HQ. Responsibility is being placed on ‘a violent faction’, after the march was ‘infiltrated’ by anarchists.
There are an encouraging number of intiatives to show solidarity with the arrested students – something that is vital if they are to avoid the sort of punitive ‘deterrent’ sentences handed out to the Gaza demonstrators. A legal support group has been established and the National Campaign against Cuts and Fees has started a support campaign. Goldsmiths lecturers union has publicly commended the students for a ‘magnificent demonstration’ .
This is all much needed, as the establishment is clearly on the march with this one. The Torygraph has published an irresponsible and frenzied ‘shop-a-student’ piece and the Met are clearly under pressure to produce ‘results’ after what they have admitted was a policing ‘embarrassment’.

51 people have been arrested so far, and the police have claimed they took the details of a further 250 people in the kettle using powers under the Police Reform Act. There may be more arrests to come.

Students who are worried should consider taking the following actions:

If you have been arrested, or had your details taken – contact the legal support campaign. As a group you can support each other, and mount a coherent campaign.

If you fear you may be arrested as a result of identification by CCTV, FIT or press photography;

DONT panic. Press photos are not necessarily conclusive evidence, and just because the police have a photo of you doesn’t mean they know who you are.
DONT hand yourself in. The police often use the psychological pressure of knowing they have your picture to persuade you to ‘come forward’. Unless you have a very pressing reason to do otherwise, let them come and find you, if they know who you are.
DO get rid of your clothes. There is no chance of suggesting the bloke in the video is not you if the clothes he is wearing have been found in your wardrobe. Get rid of ALL clothes you were wearing at the demo, including YOUR SHOES, your bag, and any distinctive jewellery you were wearing at the time. Yes, this is difficult, especially if it is your only warm coat or decent pair of boots. But it will be harder still if finding these clothes in your flat gets you convicted of violent disorder.
DONT assume that because you can identify yourself in a video, a judge will be able to as well. ‘That isn’t me’ has got many a person off before now.
DO keep away from other demos for a while. The police will be on the look-out at other demos, especially student ones, for people they have put on their ‘wanted’ list. Keep a low profile.
DO think about changing your appearance. Perhaps now is a good time for a make-over. Get a haircut and colour, grow a beard, wear glasses. It isn’t a guarantee, but may help throw them off the scent.
DO keep your house clean. Get rid of spray cans, demo related stuff, and dodgy texts / photos on your phone. Don’t make life easy for them by having drugs, weapons or anything illegal in the house.
DO get the name and number of a good lawyer you can call if things go badly. The support group has the names of recommended lawyers on their site. Take a bit of time to read up on your rights in custody, especially the benefits of not commenting in interview.
DO be careful who you speak about this to. Admit your involvement in criminal damage / disorder ONLY to people you really trust.
DO try and control the nerves and panic. Waiting for a knock on the door is stressful in the extreme, but you need to find a way to get on with business as normal. Otherwise you’ll be serving the sentence before you are even arrested.

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I was at a meeting the other night for a project I have been working on.  We are in the process of looking at the feasibility of having solar panels on the roof so we get some free electricity and some money via FITS.  Unfortunately one of the directors invited 2 of his friends that where there to “observe”, the problem was they did not observe, they trashed the meeting, talking over everyone and knowing more about everything than everyone.

While we where discussing the solar project one of them pointed at me and asked  “so, are you a solar panel expert?” Unfortunately I did not get a chance to answer, mainly due to the other bloke feeling the need to hear his own voice.

So I have thought about it, considering that 18 years ago I installed and fitted 500watts of solar panels along with 2 Rutland windgenys linked to a bank of 24 batteries to run a off grid project and I have hacked together many small scale renewable energy projects since, indeed I hack things together for fun, I have followed the solar panel/renewables industry very closely and have seen grid tie systems evolve from nothing, to ROCs and now to FITs. I was at the first meeting with a potential supplier of solar panels for the building and have worked with Danni and now work with Adrian in the process of using renewable energy on the building.

Does that make me an expert ?  Well to be honest probably not.
Does it make me well informed enough to voice my opinion at a meeting for a project that i have been working on for the past 4 years without getting shouted down ?  yes, it does.

(this is taken and adapted from a forum post http://www.volkszone.com/VZi/showthread.php?t=661247 )

It is NOT the homeless, the cost of libraries, housing benefit, incapacity benefits, playgrounds, street lights etc etc that has made a huge hole in the countries finances. It was greed and mismanagement by the uber rich. Taking huge risks with the knowledge that if it goes wrong tax payers will pay up, and we have. and we have all said fuck all because we are all trying to keep the roof over our heads and food in our kids bellys.

come to think of it, the whole system is broken.

pensions don’t work, while they did work for the post war people, they are now failing. While people are losing there jobs others are raking in pensions that are half of your council tax bill, not exactly sustainable
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/reques…il_taxpensions (while they say 18% at first, once he asks the right questions it is 50%)

while Dave Cameron claims that “We are all in this together” I know that it is a lie because he is a multi millionaire that married a multi millionaire, that works with and multi millionaires for multi millionaires and corporations. Seriously they don’t care about you, they care about the economy not people.

bah, other people say this better than me

the reason for the cuts ?

a solution ?