Protests for Libya and a Bomb Scare

 So yesterday there a bit of drama in Middlesbrough. A protest planned by students for Libya went ahead in Centre Square, but at the same time a 'suspicious bag' was found outside the town hall. Police shut off the area and evacuated the Civic Centre. It was quite weird, we were all stood outside MIMA doing our chants, and right across from us was a bunch of council staff. Anyway it turned out the bag was just a bag, probably someone put it down and forgot to pick it up, but these days everything is treated as suspicious. You could argue that a bag left before 9/11 could be just as suspicious!

Bomb Scare in Middlesbrough

 I hated the fact that a guy on there called smoggy64 decided to bring Muslims into it with his misguided comment, even though the article made it clear that it wasn't even a bomb, let alone left there by Muslims! Yes we were having our protest, but it was nothing to do with bombs, it was about getting rid of a dictator. I wouldn't want to bomb Middlesbrough, no matter how awful it is, I live here too remember! As I recall, they didn't say any arrests were made, plus the police let us continue with our demonstration, so they knew it wasn't left by any protestors. Some people are just idiotic.......