I couldn’t tell you what happened at Millbank yesterday- I wasn’t there. I and other UCLan students were due to catch our coach back to Preston at 3.30pm- in fact, many students had been coached down to London as part of their student unions. None of us had time to hang around in London burning things. But [...]
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So- what exactly happened at #Demo2010?
Posted in Politics, Student issues, tagged Aaron Porter, Conservative party, Conservatives, David Cameron, demo2010, Liberal Democrats, London, Millbank, national union of students, Nick Clegg, NUS, protest, riot, student protests, students, tuition fees, UCU, university on November 11, 2010 | 6 Comments »
A brief history of postcode wars
Posted in Journal, tagged gang culture, London, Postcode wars on June 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Thanks to BBC3′s Peckham Finishing School for Girls, I’ve just spent half an hour attempting to explain to my mum the ins and outs of postcode wars. She still doesn’t understand, and, as I unraveled the ‘rules’ to her, I realised the apparent frivolity of an issue that has claimed so many young lives in inner [...]
