SWP attempt to break police lines

national | miscellaneous | news report Tuesday April 08, 2003 12:44 by Observer

Why did Richie Boy Barrett call on the crowd to break through police lines last night?? Was he going to lead the charge? Unlikely.

Nice to see the revolutionary vanguard of the SWP putting it up to the cops outside Hillsborough last night. Richie you were way out of your depth. If it had kicked off last night i dont think Richie and his devotees would have been in much of a position to defend the people from the imperialist forces. If you insist on breaking away from the main body of the crowd to go to police lines please ensure your stewards know what the fuck they are supposed to do. The pulling and dragging you witnessed from the Garda riot squad last week outside Leinster house would have been nothing to the kicking the RUC would have meted out last night. Why did Richie call on the crowd to try and break police lines by climbing into the fields when he knew all that would have happened was a bunch of young kids getting their heads smashed in by the cops. Were you willing to lead the charge Richie. No you were safely behind your megaphone expecting everyone else to lead the way. The pathetic attempt to break police lines by climbing over the fence into the fields for all of five minutes shows how far removed from reality the SWP really are. The growling of a few alsation dogs soon put a stop to the revolutionary gallop.