Thirty-five people have been arrested after clashes between pro-Tibet demonstrators and police as the Olympic Torch made its way through London.
Protesters tried to block the torch's path, snatch it and put the flame out with a fire extinguisher. Prime Minister Gordon Brown greeted the torch outside Number 10 despite coming under pressure to boycott the parade (and the opening ceremony in Beijing).
Clashes along Olympic torch route
Hmm.....its all very well for those involved with today's events to have lofty ideals about the Olympics being more about sport than politics. But I believe sport and politics will always be linked in spite of what anyone says - the apartheid South African Government was isolated in the 1970s and 1980s, thanks to a sporting boycott against their policy of racial segregation.
Protesters tried to block the torch's path, snatch it and put the flame out with a fire extinguisher. Prime Minister Gordon Brown greeted the torch outside Number 10 despite coming under pressure to boycott the parade (and the opening ceremony in Beijing).
Clashes along Olympic torch route
Hmm.....its all very well for those involved with today's events to have lofty ideals about the Olympics being more about sport than politics. But I believe sport and politics will always be linked in spite of what anyone says - the apartheid South African Government was isolated in the 1970s and 1980s, thanks to a sporting boycott against their policy of racial segregation.
And considering that our Prime Minister was directly involved with today's events, those ideals seem rather hypocritical.
As for today's parade, it all looked rather farcical, really. All those boys in blue (and I don't just mean our policemen) protecting - a torch!
As for today's parade, it all looked rather farcical, really. All those boys in blue (and I don't just mean our policemen) protecting - a torch!
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