Whatever happened to the bin charges protesters?
Did they just give up? Will the same thing happen to to water protest "movement"
Posted Jan 28, 2016, 12:33 PM UTC
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If my road is anything to go by - they've just resorted to driving around at 4 am and tossing their bins out the window.
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They got no support from their fellow man and were unable to accomplish anything.
It remains to be seen how much support the water charges movement will get. At this point their goal is to elect a government who will scrap them. Direct protests short of actual violence will not bring about further change. But an anti-wc government might.
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The water protesters would vote for Hitler himself if he got rid of water charges.
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Well he was nominally a socialist...
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Whatever happened to the carbon tax protesters?
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Well, in one sense they were proven right. Bin charges went through the roof, workers got fucked over and QOS declined.
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That's not really true, is it? The bin service seems to be infinitely better than what it used to be.
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Same thing as happened the TV licence protesters.
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Was that even a thing?
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They lost, completely.
It did serve as a platform for many of the younger members of the hard left who cut their teeth on that campaign.