Edinburgh Anarchists

Further to what I said about the pointlessness of 24 hour news. Our state broadcaster is covering the real issues:

1940 Jamie Oliver is preparing tonight’s meal despite the fact that his wife, Jools, is due to give birth to their third child imminently. For security reasons, the dad-to-be will have to hand over his mobile phone when he enters 10 Downing Street. But officials have promised to keep him informed should Jools go into labour.

1936 While the leaders talk shop over dinner, their spouses will sit with stars of sport, business and the arts. US first lady Michelle Obama will be seated between Harry Potter author JK Rowling and Olympic gold medallist Dame Kelly Holmes.

1930 The G20 leaders are in for a feast tonight. Chef Jamie Oliver is preparing a meal of Welsh lamb, Jersey Royal new potatoes and asparagus. Vegetarian heads of government can choose potato dumplings instead.

Meanwhile, the filth are moving in on the Climate Camp, at Bishopgate and all day separate from the Bank of England stuff, trying to start a fight:

Between 10 and 30 arrests at climate camp as people attempt to non-violently prevent the police from destroying sections of the camp. Bikes thrown around, tents smashed up, several injuries reported.

Having watched this unfold on the news, the journalists are being played like a fucking fiddle by the cops. Temporary lulls in their numbers just as embedded Guardian journalists stop twittering and TV hacks prepare for the 6 o’clock bulletins. While the news plays, so do the pigs, knocking out teeth and hippie girls. Now the night shift have started, sharing their vol-au-vents with St. Obama

By the time 10 o’clock rolls around, expect much Hello! style blather and little about the heat coming down on those on the street.

…is kind of difficult. I don’t know anyone involved and don’t know people who know people who are involved. The media is painting it as purely “anti foreign worker” but 200 Poles joined a walkout in Plymouth.
And then the BBC pulls this nakedly propagandistic stunt. Watch this 30-second video if you think that its reporting is fair and impartial.

“Quotes from News At Ten and Newsnight (half an hour later), Feb 2 2009. The striker’s quote is edited in the News At Ten segment to make it appear as if he does not want to work alongside foreigners – to justify an editorial claim that the strike is xenophobic. In the fuller Newsnight report, it is clear that he is saying that he _cannot_ work alongside them, because they are segregated.”