news http://www.rockthevoteuk.com/news.php Mon, 21 May 2012 08:38:19 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.rockthevoteuk.com/news/attack-on-royals <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(52, 52, 52); font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><div id="ts-article_header" class="ts-content_full_width" style="margin: 6px 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><h1 style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 25px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 164); line-height: 25px;">Attack on Royals prompts questions over UK security</h1><br></div><div class="ts-main_article_image ts-right" style="margin: 0px 0px 25px; padding: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 11px; float: right; width: 405px;"><img class="yui-img" src="http://media.thestar.topscms.com/images/be/b6/2c2dccf94a84b064c4b8a2a58aac.jpeg" alt="{{GA_Article.Images.Alttext$}}" style="border-width: 0px;"><p class="ts-image_abstract" style="margin: 6px 2px 2px; padding: 0px; line-height: 14px; color: rgb(21, 37, 57);">Britain's Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall react as their car is attacked, in London, Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010.</p><span class="ts-image_source" style="display: block; color: rgb(134, 145, 161); text-align: right; margin: 0px 4px 2px;"><br></span></div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 21px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px;">LONDON—British officials defended the country’s security establishment Friday after rampaging student protesters attacked a car carrying the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 21px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px;">The chief of the Metropolitan Police pledged to launch a full and detailed investigation into the incident, which saw protesters set upon the heir to the throne’s Rolls Royce as it drove through London’s busy West End Thursday night. A group of up to 20 protesters, some chanting “off with their heads!” smashed a rear window and splashed white paint on the vehicle. Charles and Camilla were visibly shaken, but unharmed.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 21px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px;">The security breach is particularly embarrassing for police and the Royal household in the run-up to Prince William’s 2011 wedding, raising questions over whether or not security protocols need to be reviewed.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 21px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px;">Prime Minister David Cameron said police must learn from the lapse in security but not be blamed for it, insisting that protesters should feel “the full force of the law.”</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 21px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px;">“Let’s be very clear about where responsibility lies,” Cameron, speaking in Downing Street. “Responsibility for smashing property, or violence, lies with the people who perpetrate that violence and I want to see them arrested and punished in the correct way.”</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 21px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px;">The premier also shrugged off claims that violence was limited to a small minority of protesters, saying “there were quite a number of people who clearly were there wanting to pursue violence and destroy property.”</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 21px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px;">Metropolitan Police Chief Paul Stephenson commended officers for their bravery and said the nearly 3,000-strong contingent of officers out to deal with Thursday’s protests showed commendable restraint in dealing with the “dreadful” actions of “thugs.”</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 21px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px;">Buckingham Palace said it does not comment on security procedures.</p></span></span> Fri, 10 Dec 2010 14:39:23 +0100