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Demonstrating with dignity Students march peacefully in London against trebled tuition fees amidst “political policing”
Students from across the UK took to the streets of London last week as part of an ongoing campaign of direct action against the coalition government’s changes to education funding. There was a heavy police presence following the violence that erupted at last year’s protests against the tuition fee increases. However, the demonstration on Wednesday November 9 passed in a peaceful and dignified manner. Police sources estimate that there were around 3,000 demonstrators involved in the march through the centre of the capital but the National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts
(NCAFC), which organised the event, estimate that there were around 10,000 people involved. There was a large Scottish presence at the demonstration. 130 University of Edinburgh students travelled to London overnight to take part in the march, forming the largest delegation of students of any university outside London. There were also students in London from the Universities of St Andrews, Glasgow, Strathclyde, West of Scotland, Glasgow Caledonian and Aberdeen. 4,000 Metropolitan Police officers, equipped with riot shields, helmets and batons, controlled the march. Continued on page three>>
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