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2 December 2010updated 05 Oct 2023 8:54am

A reply to David Cameron

Contrary to what the Prime Minister believes, we students know exactly why we are protesting.

By Matthew Hall

It is generous of David Cameron, writing for the London Evening Standard this week, to acknowledge our democratic right to protest. Perhaps he could pass on these sentiments to the Metropolitan Police, which has tried to kettle thousands of students and prevent them marching.

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