The student demonstrations against increased university tuition fees became a national event yesterday as thousands of students across the country took to the streets to voice anger at the new government’s plans.
Nearly 3,000 from Universities, colleges and schools gathered at University place in Manchester, and almost the same number paraded through Brighton. Meanwhile 2,000 students came together in Bristol heading into the city centre. Smaller demonstrations took place in Edinburgh, where the Liberal Democrat headquarters were surrounded by about 250 students and in Cambridge, where more than 200 youngsters scaled the fence of the Senate House.
Seven people in total were arrested amid a heavy police presence.
Meanwhile in London there were few injuries and although there was vandalism, no repeat of the attacks on symbolically important buildings such as Conservative Central Office was reported.
Moreover, several universities in the capital have been occupied in the past few days, including the University of London’s School of Oriental and African studies in Bloomsbury and the University College London.
University chiefs have been granted an injunction to evict all the students from the buildings, but in some cases, groups voted for “non-violent resistance” against attempts to remove them.
UK has not seen this sort of behaviour and demonstration for some considerable time and further riots will take place next week.
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