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Anarchists plot to wreck Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding celebration
Peter Dominiczak, City Hall Correspondent8 Apr 2011
Anarchists are plotting to occupy tall buildings and use smoke bombs and flares to cause chaos during the royal wedding.
Activists claim up to 1,500 hardcore militants plan to storm buildings around Trafalgar Square and The Mall, displaying obscene banners and obscuring the London skyline with billowing smoke as images of the wedding are beamed to millions of viewers around the world.
The Standard has spoken exclusively to a key organiser who revealed details of so-called "black bloc" tactics used by anarchists to evade police.
He spoke after Scotland Yard released images of anarchists changing clothes and removing Sim cards from mobile phones to avoid being identified during last month's TUC march in central London, in which The Ritz and Fortnum and Masons were among buildings targeted in breakaway violence and 200 arrests were made.
The Met plans to use stop-and-search powers and snatch squads to prevent trouble at the wedding on April 29. "We will not tolerate troublemakers who set out with the sole intention of causing disorder and committing crime," said a police spokeswoman. "Officers will respond swiftly to anyone seeking to mar this day of national celebration"
The man calling himself an anarchist organiser spoke to the Standard on condition of anonymity. The father of two proudly displayed the contents of the backpack he says he takes on
violent protests. It contained a masonry hammer for smashing plate glass and reinforced windows, a catapult for firing steel ball-bearings at windows and police horses, and an S10 British Army-issue gas mask.
The activist said he always carries high-impact protective sunglasses, a helmet, head-torch and surgical gloves. He revealed that anarchists often carry extra Sim cards and pay-as-you-go phones to avoid detection.
"Black bloc" tactics were first seen during the Eighties and are now linked to an international network of hardline anarchist groups. Rioters dress in black from head to toe and cover their faces with scarves and balaclavas in a bid to appear as one unidentifiable mass.
After causing disorder they change into casual clothes before mingling with non-violent protesters or street crowds to evade capture. The 39-year-old "black bloc" member, who lives in south London, claims groups have spent months plotting how they are going to disrupt Prince William and Kate Middleton's big day.
He said: "Anything is possible. Wait and see... but think rooftop occupations with banners, shop occupations and much more. We're expecting 10,000 to 15,000 in total. About 10 per cent of that will be hardcore anarchists.
"The senior officers are going to use terror laws but that won't stop the trouble. We train. How to break a 'kettle'. Some of us do martial arts.
"We've got to expect that the police will make it complete lockdown, people will be barred, arrested beforehand and snatch squads will be deployed."
The man, who works as a bricklayer earning between £400 and £700 a week, said he was among hundreds of activists who went on the rampage through central London during the TUC's March for the Alternative. "We operate in a brick system, which is an Army plan.
"Part of that is also the buddy system. Every activist is partnered up with a buddy. We work in pairs, a bit like the police and the Territorial Support Group [riot police]. Then when two pairs of buddies come together it's called an affinity group. Then when one or more affinity groups come together they form a brick."
He told how his role during the TUC march had been to push police officers away violently as they attempted to arrest protesters.
The activist, who is known to police after causing trouble at a number of high-profile marches across the UK, claimed he joined anti-cuts protests because one of his children is receiving the Education Maintenance Allowance and another is about to go to university.
He described the array of weapons used during violent marches. "I've taken a catapult out on one action," he said. "It will put a window in with a ball-bearing. It's very useful against mounted police but I must stress that's more about defence than offence.
"I bought smoke grenades in an ex-Army shop and flares in a marine shop. If someone is arrested you don't think twice about getting in there and forcing them free of the police."
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oh! Was there a wedding?
- Mark W. Casner, New York, USA, 30/04/2011 18:04
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Come on folks, this is clearly fake.
Blac Blocs in this country very rarely contain activists wearing gas masks, purely because there is no need, the police don't have tear gas here like they do on the continent or in the states. And what kind of right minded anarchist revolutionary carries a special hammer for breaking windows when they can use a brick, which will get the job done just as well without incriminating themselves!?
I'm aware that not everyone is aware of (or agrees with) anarchist tactics but just a bit of common sense will stop the media from making idiots out of you.
And as for the firing ball bearings at horses thing, the link between anti-fash and animal liberation activists is so much more ingrained and historical than the average person understands that I find it very difficult to believe any true human liberationist would want to attack a police horse.
- Dan, Brighton, UK, 15/04/2011 16:04
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The ceremony of marriage is one of love, commitment and support between two people - no matter who they are.
I hope that any protests are kept well away in the background. There are other venues and other events for this sort of thing, not someone's wedding.
Good luck to the pair of them. I hope they have a long and happy marriage.
- Hetty Austen, Bexhill on Sea, UK, 15/04/2011 11:32
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Fake!
- John Dean, London, 15/04/2011 11:01
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@Tracey
"we are constanly being hammered with rising costs and taxes surely this is a great opportunity to bring in some much needed revenue. It also gives the workers an additional day off work"
How do you know that it will result in extra revenue? Surely if it's also a day off then they will cancel each other out? How much does the wedding cost? How much do the street parties cost?
"wake up and have some responsibility and civic pride William is our future king and I hope that these people respect that if nothing else."
Why should we be proud to have an unelected head of state? If anything I'm embarrassed.
- Will, London, 11/04/2011 23:48
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there will be no anarchist disruption, start thinking about something more important than bunch of pseudo anarchists and posh wedding- there is climate change going on, ozone hole, rainforests disappearing at incredible rate, animals suffering terrible pain in many places, children dying of hunger and lack of water, disease, untreated wastewater in 3rd world countries, secret human kidnapping and experimentation and torture, 21st century slavery, rising sea levels, radioactive pollution, i can make 100 other examples worth much more attention than these mundane and boring themes! open your eyes !
- Ding dong, Bristol, 11/04/2011 16:00
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Dave, Thurrock et al - what's your excuse going to be when the attacks actually happen? Oh, I get it - they'll be plants - agents provocateurs - any excuse that will give you some wriggle room to get out of explaining how wrong you were. Unlike you, I'm not omniscient - I can't say what WILL (or won't) happen in the future. I can only go by probablility.
The thing that makes the story absolutely believable is that it is a taylor-made opportunity for people who make a habit of deciding what is to be for the vast majority (those people who almost invariably - with occasional exceptions like you of course - disagree with them or their methods). They can make a public spectacle of their anti-(anything that isn't them) stance. You know - what they do all the time. Predicting 'mayhem moves' on the part of anarchists comes under the general heading of 'no-brainer' - much like predicting the hard left total opposition to anyone that doesn't think in absolute terms as they seem to want them to do.
Some bad news for you - not everyone hates the world just because. Some people - actually, quite a few - actually wish the soon to be newly weds the best of good luck, as with any newly-weds (rather than the wishful thinking collapse of their married life before it even happens). Sad people make sad predictions in the pathetic hope that sad things happen. That's sad.
- Rogan, Irving, 11/04/2011 06:53
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Not knowing much about the intricacies of the British monarchy, I'll limit my comments to one point, which concerns the anarchist who brags about his arsenal as including the following:
"...a catapult for firing steel ball-bearings at windows and police horses".
Is is really necessary (not to mention civilized!) to go around firing steel ball-bearings at horses? What voice did the horses have in the royal proceedings? In recent decades, the British have developed a fine reputation for kindness to animals (at least relative to most other nations) and I have always greatly admired this characteristic of the British people. Please don't allow anarchists (or anyone else) to torture horses.
- Laurence, South Carolina / USA, 10/04/2011 16:26
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true or not the story has brought out the right wing, 'shoot them all' crazies and reginophiles. Perhaps the saxe-coberg-goethe family should tone down this excessive tax-payer funded pantomine - after all the marriage will be like most of the other younger royals' marriages - time limited
- john lowe, london, 10/04/2011 14:59
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These people are not anarchists, they are simply thugs and bullies.
You watch them cry for redress under law if they get clobbered over the head by a copper's baton.
At least they will be outnumbered by about 1,000 to 1 so hopefully the crowd who have gone to enjoy the day will take matters into their own hands...
- Bill, London, 10/04/2011 07:28
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I know these people. I know myself. If I had children to care for, I would never go to do such smash-up. These media are lying and as many of readers already have noticed-probably to justify the 'stop and search laws'. Info used here is probably police headquarters intel-they frequently and secretly spy on anarchist groups and to obtain such intel is nut a big task. But an anarchist wouldn never speak to media and reveal all this. If this is a person from 'black bloc' he must be extremely stupid and taking baths in washing mashine.
- Ding dong, Bristol, 10/04/2011 02:25
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nice made up story here, wish it was true, would be good if people disrupted this dark ritual! William, we know you're the 'antichrist', we know why you won't wear a ring. Your days of plenty are numbered.
- Draco's Nemesis, The astral plane, 09/04/2011 23:28
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We are just anticipating something which isn't going to happen , to allow stop and search ,with all its peculiarities.!!!
- Davey_Buoy, Chertsey, 09/04/2011 17:27
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Shame! This idiot's suffering from arrested development due to the fact that he had too many responsibilities at a young age, ie, having a kid at 20/21. He's only trying to recapture his lost youth with a frisson of manufactured danger as in us against society.At least he's employed though I wouldn't trust the term safe as houses in his brick-building endeavours.
- chatterdemalion, Eastern Cape, South Africa), 09/04/2011 16:40
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Anyone have any idea from what these anarchists live off? Oh! State welfare...that in Britain means the Crown !
- Edouardo, TLSE, France, 09/04/2011 15:06
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this a fake, to scare us into accepting the stop and search tatics of the police
"The man calling himself an anarchist organiser spoke to the Standard on condition of anonymity"
- danny scott, london, 09/04/2011 14:35
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If the police know who these people are, why do they not round them up, prior to the wedding. They do this to young black people, prior to the Notting Hill Carnival.
- Vera, London England not UK, 09/04/2011 13:05
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If I was still in The Royal Artillery, I'd not think twice or hesitate to give the order to shoot if my Prince was in any danger - so think twice anarchists.
- Neil Welton, London, United Kingdom, 09/04/2011 12:39
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Absolute nonsense. Why would someone give an interview about their plans and tactics ahead of the day and pose for a photo (with a copy of the grauniad?) in an interview for a newspaper? There's been no mention of this outside of the mainstream media panic attacks over it, including on activist newswires (which are often publically open so it isn't hard to check). Either this is a setup or part of only a small group, so I wouldn't worry about any of the measures most of you are suggesting to prepare for it.
And by the way, do not measure anarchists and anarchism by the Black Bloc; many anarchists are pacifists and anarchy itself is an extensive and long-developed socioeconomic theory(s). Have a read of it on the internet first before you throw all anarchists in the thug bin.
- MG, Anarres, Tau Ceti, 09/04/2011 09:32
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Inventing a 'panic' to justify a pre-emptive crackdown are we? Sorry but this looks like a set up from start to finish IMHO...
P.S. Any thought for those of us 'given' the day off for the wedding but who'll be losing money because we only get paid for the hours we work? Any contributions to make up the shortfall from the royalists on here will be more than welcome:)
- Dave, Thurrock, Essex, 09/04/2011 08:35
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This damn wedding. Can people give it a rest?
- Kali, H&F, 09/04/2011 07:49
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Nothing but selfish immature children!
If you don't like it don't go but don't stop others enjoying this event.
Any damage should be charged equally to those that caused it.
Also maybe if the media stopped focusing on these idiots they wouldn't last long. This event is going to be broadcast round the world and if this action goes ahead will make us all look like a bunch of thugs which in turn will damage the tourist industries which will damage jobs which will....
No good will come from from these layabouts.
- Jock S. Trap, London, 09/04/2011 07:00
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Right Wing Government, Recession, Royal Wedding, Riots In London.
Is this Deja Vu or some new BBC back in time cop drama?
I am slightly less interested in this future King getting married than I was with the last one. But it will bring some happiness to the Royalists out there and who am I to try and deprive them of it, even if we have all been tugging our forelocks to this over privileged family for centuries when all they have done is happen to be born of the 'right' parents.
Anarchists, Royals, Weddings - these a few of my not so favourite things.
- K Rodgers, Devon, 09/04/2011 01:15
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An 'anarchist organiser' is an oxymoron (as well as a moron). Why should people on average earnings like me be expected to suffer danger, violence and vandalism because the child of a man who earns £400-£700 per week isn't receiving the EMA? Why does he think that I owe him a living? Terrorising people who earn less than you into paying for your children is the action of a thug, not an anarchist. An anarchist doesn't believe in government or the state, therefore state allowances (which come out of the taxes of fellow citizens) would not exist in an anarchic state. This 'anarchist' is just an appalling example of the 'me first' generation, who throw theirs (and everybody else's) toys out of the pram if they don't get what they want. I hope the police crack down hard, so I can enjoy my city and the wedding without having to put up with any more of this incoherent, mindless violence. Slapping these yobs with hefty fines and long community service orders to repair all the damage they cause would be a nice touch, I think. I look forward to seeing them in hi-visibility jackets polishing Westminster's pavements.
- Westminster Resident, London, 08/04/2011 22:01
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I don't agree with this action, especially on a day of such celebration. But people are fed up! These 'anarchists' are ordinary people who have been pushed too far. People who have had their wages frozen, yet are expected to pay higher tax, fuel bills and transport costs, not to mention the ever increasing food bills. What we see here isn't the actions of an evil core, but the intended actions of the great fed-up silents of this country. Sad to see it happen and I hope it doesn't - but if it does I for one, shall understand.
- Gatedweller, People's Republic of Newham, 08/04/2011 20:34
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I can't believe that readers actually believe this nonsense. I don't know who the Standard are talking to but he is not an anarchist.
- Dan Lavarell, Dennington, 08/04/2011 20:32
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A G, scotland please do come and enjoy our pleasant and tranquil capital city and protest all you like peacefully. But do get your facts right about what you want to protedt about. Public fund for the Middleton-funded wedding that will also bring in very close to £1,000,000,000. Get real.
- Sir Stu Pidfool, Republic of E20, 08/04/2011 20:06
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Dr Graham Mcissac, London, have a great time overseas. It will be all the better here for the vast majority of us who are looking forward to this great civic event. You are quite right to hold your view on the monarchy. I happen to hold a polar opposite view on that to you but that is fine. What is not fine is the ridiculous suggestion some dysfunctional lunatics plan to violently disrupt anything at all. Criminal disobedience has zilch to do exercising a right to protest and the fundamental view that it is not to be allowed is miles away from “suppressing the right to protest”.
Small and unaccountable dangerous factions have no place and it only right that the majority of us protected from these self-appointed harebrained, egocentric morons. To conflate their abusive and unrepresentative views with a right to protest is obnoxious and stunningly naive.
- Sir Stu Pidfool, Republic of E20, 08/04/2011 20:00
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What a shame! I was all set to go to a peaceful protest against the use of public funds on this wedding but now it sounds like I shouldn't if there are going to be people determined to make it violent.
I am genuinely beginning to wonder if these anarchists are real or a creation of the police so that peaceful protesters like myself won't be able to protest.
- A G, scotland, 08/04/2011 19:47
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Dr Graham Mcissac as the people who WANT to enjoy the occasion will not have to put up with your misery-laden views, you won't be missed while on holiday.
Conspiracy Fantasist - I believe you will be updating your prediction of doom & gloom as an ongoing thing - aimed always at some nebulous future date as always with your ilk.
Judith C - the Queen gave it all away? Seriously weird comment! The Queen rubber stamps governmental policy from left, right & centre governments.
Loli, London - the question should be, why should these moronic anarchists dictate what can & cannot happen in the streets of London for what will effectively be a world event, given international interest levels? (...bad luck Dr Mcissac - it'll probably be watched where you're going too). The interviewee spouted some sanctimonious claptrap about taking weapons along 'for defence only' - from the people they are attacking! Defending against people defending anarchist targets. Right......! Amusing delusion.
I suppose the existence of these waste of breathable air lowlifes does have one beneficial effect - it proves that the UK is civilised. Doubtless these people have always existed - but back in the good old days - errr, sorry, the 'bad old days' - they wouldn't have survived for long once they started playing up - 'treason' has always been a flexible term with governments of old, just as the penalties too were flexible in making the miscreant regret his folly before his inevitable demise.
- Rogan, Irving, 08/04/2011 19:09
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@ Loli - given the choice I'm sure the Royals and the Middletons would prefer a discreet event. However big media, the tourist industry, and every tacky gift company in the world want to, and feel entitled to, make money off of it.
- Liam, NYC, 08/04/2011 18:24
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Great stuff. I am so glad that somebody took the initiative to complain about this ansurd wedding so obviously designed to draw attention away from the AV vote! Strange how many of the commments in this thread ate also interested on suppressing the right to protest.
The royals are a derelict remnant of a non-democratic past. Apart from being a complete waste of tax payers money and I personally will boycott by spending my Easter abroad!
- Dr Graham Mcissac, London, 08/04/2011 18:08
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It is pathetic of the ES to give coverage to a societally dysfunctional individual that probably needs serious psychological support. It is also wholly appropriate to have this fool incarcerated until after the event so that the vast majority of decent people do not have their day of fun ruined by a self-serving delusional half-wit. It will also save him from some possibly unpleasant treatment from ‘normal’ people that are fed up with self-centred, big-headed, overconfident spoilers and abusers of the common good.
- Sir Stu Pidfool, Republic of E20, 08/04/2011 17:43
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Let us all hope that the decent majority assist the police in any way they can by "spoiling the day" for the lowlife causing trouble. A bit of violence might help. The troublemakes should be identified with dye. Backpacks should be searched by the police; anything offensive should result in a serious penalty. The same should apply to every weekend in our capital city. Snipers need to be deployed for protecting VIPs and the general public.
- Michael, Kensington, UK, 08/04/2011 17:38
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I'm a working class, Bob Crow supporter of the left. Even I say these idiots need to be hit, and hit hard. There will be a lot of people like me hoping to enjoy a great day of celebration for the wedding. These anarchists need to be reminded that there is no greater supporter of the Royal Family than the real working/retired of the working class.
- Gerry, Chatham, Kent UK, 08/04/2011 17:16
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Well There's only one thing to say and Thats this .If this 39 year old hasn't grown up by now forget it. Its too late for him to mature and get anywhere. Just put him back in his cot set his toy mobile to send him off to sleep and remember to stick his dummy in his mouth attatched to a very strong string.
- Hamilton Straker, Ealing London, 08/04/2011 17:15
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The Police should use snipers to take out any trouble makers and not put up with any nonsense.
- Vince London, West London, 08/04/2011 17:13
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Judith C, London, England, fortunately you are in a minority in Britain. Your fallacious opinions are amusing but acutely wide of the mark. The royals are worth quite a lot to us and the flippancy of your dismissal of the economic facts indicates that you like to express your personal and ill-informed opinion without any serious consideration to the reality of the situation. Not uncommon in this age of poor education and a vainglorious devotion to a misguided view that foolishness is on a par with research. That is fine so long as people see it for what it is – a misleading rant of very little value.
- Sir Stu Pidfool, Republic of E20, 08/04/2011 17:12
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I believe the state will collapse some time in late 2011 or early 2012. The people will no longer tolerate the criminality of our "leaders".
- Conspiracy Factualist, London UK, 08/04/2011 17:05
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Isn't about time such celebrations became more discreet? Are we sure the couple want all this fanfarre? I am sure they would rather have a private party with real friends and family in one of many castles, with all the pomp and wealth around them, in a more hidden way.
Nowadays there is danger everywhere. Why give crazy rioters another motive to attack?
The days of Cinderella are long gone... The witches seem to be in charge.
- Loli, London U K, 08/04/2011 16:59
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Seeing as the London Evening Standard are so insistant on censoring my rational, peaceful, yet contrary arguments, whilst allowing comments that wish violent death up protesters, I really am powerless to do much else. So I give in. You know what they say about fighting on the internet...
But I would warn people against this article. This anti-dissident, pro-authority article is nothing more than speculation and fear-mongering (and I too do not trust this gentleman is a real anarchist, but nothing more than a corporate stooge). A little something a certain MIT Professor by the name of Noam Chomsky would call "Manufacturing Consent"
Go back to sleep, people. Your country is in safe hands.
- Nicholas Hope, London, UK, 08/04/2011 16:45
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Can all the 'I hate royalty' bunch please get it, the families of the Bride and Groom are paying for the wedding and none of us will have to pay anything extra for security.
The 'cost of security' drivel was dreamed up as something to moan about. In fact those on duty would be getting paid no matter what they were doing, it's what happens in the services.
Do we need to question who's paying for security when we see a pair of coppers walking the beat in a town centre?
Should I have to pay extra if police and medical services attend an accident involving a republican?
Of course not.
There's no more cost to Joe Public at a Royal Wedding than there is for security at any other event . . . . like the marches in London recently, I don't remember any lefties dribbling about the cost then.
- Realist, London SW, 08/04/2011 16:43
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Nicholas Hope - is your middle name Oliver by any chance? Would be appropriate, then you'd be known as N. O. Hope.
- Warren, Edmonton, 08/04/2011 16:42
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Just send them all to the Tower!
- SG, London, 08/04/2011 16:37
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None of the above is going to happen and the Anarchists are not going to disrupt the wedding. I will bet money on his.
- Gary, East London, 08/04/2011 16:25
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Judith C, London, England, 08/04/2011 14:34
If you regard Prince William, someone who flies search and rescue helicopters, as an airhead, it would be interesting to know who you do not think is an airhead.
As for your prediction that they will contribute nothing to the well-being of the country, I wonder what you contribute yourself, given your sanctimonious grandstanding.
Your comment would have more respectability if you thought that the anarchist described in the article is an airhead, who does the opposite of contribute to the country's well-being.
The anarchist is described as a father of two children. All I can say is that I am sorry for the children - they do not have a very bright future with a father like that.
- Percy Vere, Chipping Campden, Glos, 08/04/2011 16:20
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The police will have a spilt second to decide if these "Anarchists" are just an irritant, or a genuine Terrorist threat to the Royals/General Public. These Anarchists, and their mummies and daddies, had better be prepared for the consequences.
- Liam, NYC, 08/04/2011 16:03
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At the age of 39 I would have thought the twit to be mature. Obviously some people just take longer to grow up.
Judith, you say William and Kate are "airheads", are they" Do you know them well?
- Dep, London, 08/04/2011 15:52
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Hopefully police snipers will be allowed to shoot to kill these troublemakers.
- Ed, Romford, 08/04/2011 15:47
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Good!
Best of luck to them. The last group of people standing up for true freedom, unlike most of the commentators here, wishing everything from sniper bullets to the head to medieval forms of public humiliation to anyone who disagrees with their point of view.
Loving the bizarre contents in the backpack. Why is he taking a back-issue of the Guardian? You sure this was a real anarchist or just an undercover cop or even one of your own trying to subtly give a bad name to a middle-left newspaper?
I personally will be going down with nothing more than a cardboard sign, black clothing, a camcorder to watch the watchers and maybe some loose change to get some food. Stop and search powers will not stop me from making my protest because I will be carrying no weapons. I will not be carrying ID because I will not be commiting any crimes.
In fact most people there won't be. But the media will tell us otherwise before, during and after the event. It keeps the sponsors and advertisers happy. Know what I'm saying?
As for constant allegations of mindless thuggery? I think you'll find there's a valid political point behind all of this. You don't just realise it yet. Soon you will. Just wait...
- Nicholas Hope, London, UK, 08/04/2011 15:21
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At 1 o'clock today, there were absolutely no Reader Views on this subject. What does that tell you?
- Dave, Devon, 08/04/2011 13:05
Erm....that the news broke at 12.59?
- Warren, Edmonton, 08/04/2011 15:19
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I repeat - I suspect this is a wind-up. No genuine, self-respecting anarcho would give the standard an interview. The only question is: is 'the activist' a police or a Standard stooge?
- paul, leicester, 08/04/2011 15:09
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Gosh anarchists..scary or what. Hope they remember to wear a vest just in case it's a chilly day...oh and take along some marmite sandwiches and lashings of ginger beer!!!! PS Please remember to phone mommy and tell her when to expect you home because her little soldier will have had a tiring day!!!!
- Andrew, Surrey, 08/04/2011 15:08
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"a catapult for firing steel ball-bearings at windows AND POLICE HORSES"
These people are dispicable.
- JL, London, 08/04/2011 15:02
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Tracey, spot on and how much revenue will we get for the TV rights around the world for the 2 billion people that will be watching.
And Joe the present government is improving civil liberties which were under constant threat from Labour, what a short memory you have. Remember 28 days, trials without juries, compulsory ID cards, etc?
And it's a great excuse for families to get together whether they want to watch it or not.
- Stephen C, LONDON, 08/04/2011 15:00
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@ Judith C, London, England
Talking of airheads!!!!!
- Gary, Surrey, 08/04/2011 14:59
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@Judith C
Whether or not you are a royalist the facts are the Royal family bring in a massive amount of tourism especially from the US and Japan (which benefits our economy). I am not a sheep and the money that will be spent by the tourists that are coming to London just for the wedding will perhaps pay the 50K bill that was caused by the unwashed thugs that terrorised the West End a couple of weeks ago, before you spout your crap I suggest you get your facts straight!
- Tracey, London, 08/04/2011 14:42
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Just imagine if we did not have a Queen who would we have for President, Blair, Brown, Balls, Thatcher ? Need i say more? Except to add we are envied throughout the world by people who have to die to get rid of their President .Think of Italy, France,China, Cuba, North Korea, do you envy them? Come to that think of todays MPs. Fancy anyone there for President. Perhaps you taste lies between Boris and Ken. long live the Queen.
- alan., England ., 08/04/2011 14:42
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What a genius this bloke must be.... I bet the Police will be thinking if only we had read the standard 8-4-2011, when it all goes Pete Tong at the Toffs tax payer funded bun fight!
My guess would be that this bloke is as much of an Anarchist as I am!
- A plan so cunning..............., London - England, 08/04/2011 14:41
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Treat all articles on this subject with a great deal of caution and sceptism.
When the cuts really start to bite there will be more marches and demostrations on the streets. This is perfect cover for the goverment and police to introduce more restraints on our civil liberties to prevent scenes we have witnessed in other European countries.
- Joe, Lincolnshire England, 08/04/2011 14:41
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I suspect this is a wind-up. No genuine, self-respecting anarcho would give the standard an interview
- paul, leicester, 08/04/2011 14:35
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The usual propaganda has been swallowed by the sheep: "This wedding will bring us in massive revenue": this farcical wedding between two airheads who have, and will, contribute nothing to the wellbeing of our country, is COSTING US MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF MONEY which we can't afford and don't want to spend on so-called 'royals' who are now meaningless since the Queen gave our country away to the EU.
- Judith C, London, England, 08/04/2011 14:34
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Tracey, you speak the shared wisdom of all sane people.
- Bill, Wapping, 08/04/2011 14:22
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"Activists claim up to 1,500 hardcore militants"
Presumably these "militants will be arriving via a rainbow on flying unicorns?
- Sir Arthur Streeb-Greebling, Pontifrat, 08/04/2011 14:20
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these idiots think its fun to vandalise property and buildings that don't belong to them and to assault people who are only doing a job.
how many of them would be the 1st to start screaming about the police not doing thier jobs if it was them or thier property that was damaged!
i say publish thier names and addresses and see how they like having thier property destroyed!!
if they had the strength of thier convictions they wouldn't disguise themselves, thier not real protestors just thugs and yobs.
- T, London, 08/04/2011 14:18
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Zzzzz, I just don't care about this boring wedding...
- Lifeproject, South East London, 08/04/2011 14:12
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Irrelevant if you are a royalist or not, William and Kate's wedding is going to bring a massive amount of revenue to London that weekend, hotels, food outlets, transport etc etc. As we are constanly being hammered with rising costs and taxes surely this is a great opportunity to bring in some much needed revenue. It also gives the workers an additional day off work - I forgot these lazy, unwashed thugs don't work and this is there day - wake up and have some responsibility and civic pride William is our future king and I hope that these people respect that if nothing else.
- Tracey, London, 08/04/2011 14:11
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I don't agree with these people who want to destroy the royal wedding especially through violence but I do understand why they want to do this. The whole country
except for the rich are going through hardships and here there will be a very expensive wedding, by the way we the tax payer are paying for the security.
- Jod, London, 08/04/2011 14:06
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Their point is what exactly? Round them up and send to Afghanistan to see how hardcore they really are.
- Paul, IoD, London, 08/04/2011 14:04
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Any attacks will be a threat to the safety of the future King of England, Scotland et al and the police must secure his safety at all costs including killing anarchists who pose a threat. I'm not normallhy in favour of violence by the police but one's patience can be tried.
- Stephen C, LONDON, 08/04/2011 14:04
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WHY?
- David, London, 08/04/2011 14:02
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If you look outside the sun is out and so are the ladies, which means with my reputation? Has no one thought of the consequences? <GRIN>
"At 1 o'clock today, there were absolutely no Reader Views on this subject. What does that tell you?
- Dave, Devon, 08/04/2011 13:05"
- Mark, Central London, 08/04/2011 13:40
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The pubs of Chiswick will be emptied of pretentious young trustafarians that day.
I can have a pint in peace.
- Seymour Bwana And His Stick That Spoke Thunder, Surrey, 08/04/2011 13:37
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If these people are not interested in this celebration then fine. But it does not give them the right to go and spoil it for those that will enjoy the occassion.
Let's face it we have little to feel happy about these days, do the chance of a holiday and you spend it as you will can't be bad.
BRING BACK THE STOCKS!!!
- Mark, Central London, 08/04/2011 13:30
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Don't these idiots know that all tall buildings will be occupied by police marksmen who have orders to shoot to kill? Let them try it and see what happens. Social Darwinism at work!
- IshouldbePM, Barbados, 08/04/2011 13:28
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Treat this as a National Security threat and get the snipers ready.
- Liberal, London, West Side, 08/04/2011 13:27
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Last week news regurgated
- Grim Reaper, Hell, 08/04/2011 13:23
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I don't give a stuff about the royals but I hate the way these yobs feel they have the right to behave like such a bunch mindless fools. They are nothing but vile, unwashed, hoodlums. Personally I hope they fall from the high buildings they occupy and leave the rest of us to enjoy the bank holiday, whether celebrating the wedding or not.
- Wispy Wonder, London, 08/04/2011 13:16
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Does this 39 year old overgrown schoolboy not realise that the police are only going to be deployed to assist normal every day people to enjoy the day?
It obviously hasn't occured to him that the SAS will be around in plain clothes among the crowds and in sniping positions on roof tops. This is, after all the future king of England we are talking about here.
The SAS do not play by the same rules as the police have to.
Come April the 30th I foresee considerably less black bloc berks in circulation.
- Daddy, Kensington, 08/04/2011 13:16
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- Dave, Devon, 08/04/2011 13:05
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