Can we please all take a break.
Go back a few years. 1994 when the government tried to ban 'repetitive beats'. remember that. Basically, stop outdoor partying. We are the Government Grrrr! It was the beginning of the end of the state imposed clampdown on civil liberties that had been about in this country and had been enshrined in Law for centuries. Thatcher using the police against the miners, smashing the Unions choke hold on the economy, all sorts, there's no definitive answers. John Major. Party Killer lol. But it did all lead in a cumulative manner to the day I was marching down Whitehall all good natured like, being young and innocent and then the police on horses led a cavalry type charge (I was there, I'm not kidding. No dramatics. It was a pre planned set piece) into the crowd right outside Downing Street. I don't panic easy. But F***kin* Hell. In big public disturbances/pub fights etc, I'm the one telling people where the exit is. I breathe and look for the way out.I remember lifting bodies over the barriers as the old bill were raining blows down on us. It was proper brutal. Mind your back there. 30 seconds earlier People were all singing and laughing. Now there was claret and screaming everywhere and mad animal panic. Not one copper had a numer unmasked.
That night on the news, BBC mind. Stalwart of free speech. I watched as the newsreader read of mobs rioting outside Downing Street showing footage of the carnage. Really.
Learned summat that day about life, the Government, the State and the BBC.
(Also just in case, even Police horses are not immune to the twitch.
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However, bitcharsing about it all on a woodwork forum ain't going to solve it.
One exists independently of the other and there is some measure of balance in remembering that.
Good luck all. Keep safe.
