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tank outside royal bank of scotland
are the guardian twitterers april foolsing us?
"Police just intercepted a tank. Yes, a tank! Painted blue, filled with circa ten anarchists, outside RBS"
are the guardian twitterers april foolsing us?
"Police just intercepted a tank. Yes, a tank! Painted blue, filled with circa ten anarchists, outside RBS"
nah, there's a tamahawk breathing down it's neck, it's carnage out here!
not this tank then?
http://szulima.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/balloon-tank-hans-hemmert.jpg
pfft
i like this one:
Is this the mildest placard? 'Bring on decent decision making.'
by patrick_barkham via twitter at 11:19 AM
:DDD
''Down with this sort of thing''
''Careful now''
I read somewhere the other day that there might be a tank involved
if true, what's the point of having a tank if you just get stopped by the police and get an escort
I'm just hoping they'll attempt to invade Paris.
i just imagine it would be driven by
Donald Sutherland's character from Kelly's Heroes
*canary wharf
so I can bugger off home.
it's a nice sunny day out there. fancy sitting on the balcony.
I for one would like to acknowledge this Spaced reference
well done Mr T. G. W. Nousername
There is a blue tank outside RBS
But it's the police's, mate just sent photos that went round his office - the one it's outside
My mate works a RBS, he forwarded the pics from round their office
It looks more like it belongs to the Police
Yeah cheers DIS
The pics have been forwarded round LLB's mates office
They were of a blue tank outside the RBS but it looks like it belongs to the Police.
you what?
sting's driving it fool
:D
euripedes trousers
Tank
http://tinyurl.com/c68dga
http://tinyurl.com/dk64bb
That looks more like the Police's tank to me.
omg
http://tinyurl.com/65ut8c
NSFW!
too late....
riot! riot!
haha
stupid middle class people!
you're being very aggressive and angry today, stephen
wassamatter, eh?
superb post on guardian twitter update thingy by ian_black @ 11.19am
"Testing twitter lol"
It's like I'm actually there
I've heard when they get to HBOS
HBOS have a banner they're going to hang out the window saying "While you're here protesting, we're repossesing your home"
ROFL
I really hope that's true
:D
I really hope that they do that.
somehow I don't think they will though.
r.....
"G20 protesters gather in City of London for series of demos bit.ly
by paul__lewis via twitter at 12:04 PM"
On the ball!
It's a link to a fuller article.
Is HE behind all this?
First the abomination of The Boy Least Likely To, and now THIS? I hate this country.
Don't spoil my fun
Its not a tank, its an armoured car
a Saracen if Im not much mistaken, it is for armoured transport.
The Saladin was the counterpart armoured car to this that actually had a turret with a big gun
Oh bugger off
It looks tank like enough for me.
Shouldn't you be out storming your local Halifax?
Looks arn't everything, specially to the untrained eye
why would i storm the Halifax?
I don't know
I was making a flippant comment. Take any high street bank and run wild with it
why would i storm any high street bank?
Isn't anyone bothered by guardian tweets?
Police are tear gassing, seen attacking a non-violent protestor?
Or is it the crowd's fault?
You could use that argument about Tianaman Square tho
so what?
lol
compare that to the bbc coverage though
WHO TO BELIEVE?
I'm not there so I've no idea whose fault it is.
Without further information it's impossible to have a valid opinion.
I'm going to wait until I get an actual report of what's going on
I like this impressionistic effect you get from the Twitter feed, but I'm not going to get my spikes on for the 0-60 Internet Outrage Dash based on "Someone just told me..."
According to the Guardian's slightly more in-depth report
"There's trouble outside the Bank of England, where thousands of demonstrators have now converged. Guardian reporter Paul Lewis says there's a fight between about 50 police officers and demonstrators. Protesters have stripped police of their helmets and thrown them in the air. Bottles have also been thrown. The police have been forced to retreat and smoke bombs have turned the air red. Another Guardian reporter, Sandra Laville, says an officer has been covered with pink paint."
That doesn't really sound like one-sided police brutality.
I heard Sting has a tank down there.
I'm off to take Trudie for dinner while he's busy.
I'm not outraged, but a bit concerned
It sounds like both sides are stoking tensions and in a bit of a battle, there are now reports of the police not letting people leave as well. Hope it doesn't escalate.
"there are now reports of the police not letting people leave as well"
This has been happening at protests in London for at least ten years. The "pen them in and let them stew" routine is par for the course.
"Police not letting people leave. Some groups want out. Music, chalk on walls. V festive"
Some groups want out? Already? Fucking pussies.
Nothing says joyfulness like chalk
As police forensic teams will concur.
*laughsnort*
That's not a tank. It's an 'AV' as anyone who's seen Die Hard can confirm.
Now we just need some dude with a rocket launcher.
Is the BBC live text feed intentionally only posting middle class comments
"My dad's pension has dropped 60%. He's worked his whole life as a jorunalist"
"Our riding school business is under threat. I have to sack employees"
poor horses
having to go on JSA :(
:D
it's not a stable job market at all.
They've smashed a window at RBS
OO ER ITS ALL KICKING OFF INNIT.
saw that on guardian
but I can't tell what's actually happened and what's an April Fool joke any more :/
Obama isn't really in the UK.
Hope that helps.
Just a branch of RBS
Not actually one of the offices
can i just say that
Riot police appear to be advancing slowly on horses
by rachelwilliams2 via twitter at 1:47 PM
is open to a lot of misintepretation
POLICE VS. HORSES: WHO WILL WIN?
smart money's on the horses
mean bastards
...
Inside the bank, one protester tried to set alight the curtains. Cpomuters, phones filing cabinets smashed...
The best G20 twitter
The FT's http://twitter.com/g20ft
Prize gems include
Three hours on and my first whiff of a joint. Protesters ain't what they used to be.
Bloke throws shoe at RBS building. The final humiliation.
Wag in the crowd: "Is this the queue for the cashpoint?"
"Occupy the banks" - bit halfhearted.
^5
"Is this the queue for the cashpoint?"
:D
Genius
excellent find
I just had to go home for lunch, which involves a walk up Bishopsgate
from Liverpool Street station - if you kept your head down you wouldn't even know anything was going on. About half a dozen Fuzz outside RBS, no obvious groups of protesters, no noise, nothing.
Most disappointing
When the protesters decided to focus on the BOE
The Police must have been licking their lips
FT Twitter update:
'Latest placard: "Down with this sort of thing"'
Bingo!
thatll be the space hijackers
http://twitter.com/spacehijackers
My friend lives next to the tank owners.
Look like it has a nice new paint job.
Russell Brand is down there now
Revolution is afoot!
He was spotted down there hours ago, wasn't he?
I'd imagine he'll have taken any chances he can get to escape by now, unless he's penned in.
On another note, I'm really warming to Alok Jha ("Anyone know a secret way out of the pen? Police not, er, v helpful"). Dryly comic in the face of adversity is my kind of man.
This is a fucking disgrace against humanity.
The police are penning people in. They're not letting them go home!
Kate Nash is there with a guitar AND SHE'S USING IT.
Russell Brand is also there.
Guantanamo Bay? This is by far the most disgusting form of human torture. I'd have smashed a window by now, too.
"The police are penning people in. They're not letting them go home!"
I'm surprised that people are surprised, if you see what I mean. As I mentioned earlier, this has been a feature of protests (in London, at least) for years now.
I don't condone it, but at the risk of sounding flippant: if you care passionately enough to go on a march, what's the problem with not being allowed to leave? Just carry on protesting. Unless you're all "Oh I fancied a day out of the office/away from lectures so I thought I'd pop down and have a little demo, but I was hoping I could clock off at half four and go to the pub."
Exactly.
The "penning people in" strategy seems an odd one to me but, then again, I know fuck-all about crowd control strategies and I'm happy to accept there might be a logical legimitate reason for the strategy.
^kind of this
You'd think they'd protest harder, but they all just seem to go "Oh I'm tired now"
It was more the fact that
they penned them in to have to watch a Kate Nash gig and share air-space with Russell Brand.
Apparently the whole of Bank now stinks of piss, because nobody could get out to go to the toilet...
It'll soon smell worse.
This from Alok Jha (Guardian): "Police plan to pen people indefinitely this eve. Slipped out with press card but otherwise it'll be a long wait for anyone inside"
This might be to prevent any trouble flaring up later, but I'd imagine it's at least partly a punitive measure. Not that the police would ever admit it.
'Cause charging a bunch of hippies and students out of an area you've penned them into with batons and tear gas and horses...
isn't quite punitive enough?
The whole operation stinks.