«Vergogna». Un boato di rabbia esplode tra le migliaia di manifestanti assiepati di fronte al Big Ben, quando alle 5 e 42 arriva la notizia che nessuno voleva sentire. L’aumento delle rette universitarie fino a 9.000 sterline è passato con 323 «ayes» and 302 «noes». La ribellione dentro i liberaldemocratici c’è stata. In 21 hanno mantenuto la promessa elettorale di votare contro, tra cui due sottosegretari che si dimessi dagli incarichi di governo. E ad essi si sono uniti 8 deputati conservatori. Ma non è bastato a fermare un provvedimento che come sostiene il presidente the union of university studeti Aaron Porter is "unjust, wrong and unnecessary."
"A difficult day" - Vince Cable has accepted the vice-minister of liberal economics, that the increase in fees will allow not only to "maintain the high quality of our universities," but also "to help students with low income. " Entirely different view of the tens of thousands of students throughout the day clashed with police and demonstrators in front of parliament turned into a bunker as happened last week in Rome for the vote on the reform Gelmini . Clashes that continued until late evening with dozens of students were arrested and at least 100 wounded.
"Tory scum, we are coming" - shouted in unison, the procession of 20,000 people left at noon from home University of London. Above the heads camped thousands of posters with all kinds of insults directed against the traitor Nick Clegg, the Liberal deputy prime minister before the election that he had vowed to oppose the increase in fees. "Give us Clegg," - shouted at the police asseragliati behind the barricades, the students arrived at about one and a half in Parliament Square. The clashes
explode around two hundred students when they begin to push against the thousands of agents schierati di fronte al parlamento, usando come arieti, pezzi del recinto messi a protezione del prato di Parliament Square, in vista del matrimonio reale tra il principe William e Kate Middleton. «Uno, due, tre, via!» – urlano i manifestanti, e partono a ripetizione gli spintoni contro le linee della polizia che si difende dietro una transenna attraverso cui gli studenti cercano inutilmente di aprirsi un varco.
Da dietro arrivano rinforzi, spinte ed urla di incoraggiamento. Ma anche caschi verdi, bastoni, scudi di cartone a forma di libro (come quelli usati in Italia), che vengono passati da mano a mano mentre gli studenti si alternano negli scontri. Dalle prime linee vengono portati indietroi feriti, trascinati a arms by his friends, with the blood that drips from the nose, cheeks and head. "Next to be affected will be you" - exasperated shouting students against the police, in the coming years will be literally decimated by heavy budget cuts to safety.
"This way you do not pass." Then suddenly at about three in the crowd suddenly change strategy and moves towards Victoria station to "go for a visit to the headquarters of the Liberal," Lucas explains how a boy of eighteen with the cap on the gray head, and a black scarf to hide his face. The police charging the crowd responds with a squad of 20 agents in horse, which stands on end afraid on the hooves to the bursting of firecrackers, flares and smoke bombs. And about five manages to bring the situation under control, surrounding students with cordons of officers deployed in mass on the four sides of the square.
Pending the outcome of the verdict of the House of Commons dominated by pessimism among students. "Clegg tried to pass himself off as a student, and many - including myself - believed him" - a student confesses disconsolate Laura Lambeth in south London, while awaiting the results of the vote. "They're traitors pigs" - adds bluntly Elliot a high school student in Richmond. "To blame of these people, now in serious danger of not being able to do the university. "
When finally comes the bad news the stones start flying from all sides. The agents are retreating under the pressure of angry students, and soon are forced to resort to containment cages to prevent the protesters make my way to the parliament. But they fail to ensure that a hundred people to storm the palace of the Secretary of the Treasury. Go down the windows, and a dozen able to break into the building after having broken through a doorway, and graffiti on the wall appear to glorify the revolution and the Liberal Democrats warned: "I will do it pay." Around eight the polizia è costretta a lasciare che la maggioranza delle persone defluisca dalla piazza.
Nella notte continuano gli scontri con gli studenti che prendono d’assalto le strade dello shopping. Preso di mira un negozio della catena Topshop. E nel traffico vengono sorpresi pure Carlo d’Inghilterra, la cui auto viene presa a mattonate da 50 manifestanti. Decine di falò cominciano ad illuminare la notte nel centro di Londra e anche il grande albero di natale in Trafalgar Square va a fuoco, con i pompieri che subito si adoperano per fermare le fiamme. Ma spegnere la rabbia di questa generazione tradita sarà molto più difficile.
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