The Millbank Tower Siege: the first of the big riots.

Millbank Tower was under siege today by students protesting against the Tories' education cuts. Placards, converse trainers, spots and fire bombs, awesome. The students stormed the reception of the Conservatives HQ, then they made it to the roof with big red flags, to the cheer of the crowd below, and more smoke bombs. The police were outnumbered but clearly didn't seem to be too bothered, they simply watched on as the kids broke yet another glass panel; probably aware that their own kids will have to suffer the cuts under the Tories whilst the adults are made redundant. The messages were obviously arty and creative: "keep the Eton mess at Oxford"; "having his cake and Eton it"; "make the bankers pay"; a black board with white letters saying only "angry sign"; a graffiti on the wall "Tories Scum" beside a big cock. Now the news are saying that the public is angry about the protesters' vandalism. I am not angry. I am impressed. However serious, violent, fun and justified the protest was, the Tories should take this as a warning that education should not suffer. After all, the students first stormed the wrong building before realising it; so in fact they need more, rather than less, education.