I went on a protest march once...
...when I was at Cambridge, because the colleges had colluded to put up rents. The richest college even admitted they didn't need to (Trinity - owns a fair chunk of the UK), but were simply doing it in order not to annoy the other colleges.

All was fine, and I was enjoying the shouting and chanting, until we came to a stop near a pub, and some random punter* shouted from the beer garden "Rent rises? How many of you are wearing designer clothes? My heart bleeds".

I thought he had a point. Never been on a protest with which I have some sort of half-hearted agreement ever since.

*EDIT: please note, punter as in customer, rather than man on a punt. Given the location that needed clarification...
( prince-igor si tacuisses, philosophus mansisses, Thu 18 Nov 2010, 11:13, 3 replies)

Further clarification -
"punter" = customer
"man on a punt" = cunt

Happy to help.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Thu 18 Nov 2010, 11:25, closed)

Plenty of students would have had trouble with the higher rents though
They're not all rich kids. My son scraped through Oxford on a student loan. We're certainly not well off by any standards.
(Juan Quar is clinging to her front teeth on, Thu 18 Nov 2010, 12:50, closed)

In my day...
...rents at Cambridge were means assessed. Thanks to the laughable salaries offered to vicars, this meant I paid about £100 a term. And got a hardship bursary.

Perversely, given all the coverage of lack of access, Cambridge is probably one of the best unis at which to be poor.
( prince-igor si tacuisses, philosophus mansisses, Thu 18 Nov 2010, 14:15, closed)