Britain reverts to type

The horror that is the budget cut situation in British academia must be resisted by any means necessary. Protesting against outrageous cuts and fee increases, we (students and faculty) started quite substantial actions here at UC last year that involved, in the end, SWAT teams, helicopters and firearms as well as more pedestrian activities such as letters to the editor.

If I hear the word “violence” used on the BBC one more time to describe property damage I think I'm going to be sick.

More on this in the days to come. But what occurs to me is, this is Britain regressing to BEFORE the Victorian period. Thatcher was all about crass utilitarianism. This is about wankers who need no education whatsoever to retain power. (I knew two of them at school and let me guarantee you they never paid attention in English lit.) This is a regression to the eighteenth century.

Cut all funding except for IT and engineering?

Over here people are wondering when was the last time they used a piece of British engineering—a decent toaster, maybe? Okay Britain is number one in torture implements (no joke) and number two in arms.