Students Protest In UK Again Against Rising Tuition Fees

Thousands of British students took to the streets in spite of the freezing weather for a third and most peaceful demonstration against the government’s idea to triple the university tuition fees.

There were large demonstrations in Brighton, Birmingham, Manchester, Newcastle, Oxford and London.

Only two dozen students were arrested across the country for minor disorders during protests.

The only significant clash with the police was in London as the police was trying to clear Trafalgar Square at night fall. There were windows smashed and missiles were thrown at the police who intervened against students with batons.

Earlier there had been some unpleasant scenes when 4,000 students tried to avoid the police on their way to the parliament, where they wanted to protest.

The Metropolitan Police denied the accusations that it had been trying to kettle the students on the streets of London on a bad weather. They blamed the students for leaving the place where they were protesting before the time they had agreed upon.

The police said that they were moving around the streets of London in an attempt to bring them together and minimize the disruption.

The police were ready to escort the demonstrators in Trafalgar Square, where they were supposed to meet and demonstrate.

Protests were a lot more peaceful in other cities, like Brighton, where 600 students tried to get inside the city hall.

Some of the students in Brighton and Liverpool scaled the roofs.

The mobilization of the students and their commitment to protesting the austerity measures of the government have produced the effect of shocking the authorities which are fearing now that the protest could spread.