Evacuating Oxford Circus

[Aseros]

Wonder why?

BBC News - Oxford Circus Tube station evacuated by London police

 

[Woodchip]

From Twatter.
#oxfordcircus was a flash protest on victoria line - 200 people - no fire or security incident - everyone safe !

 

[Woodchip]

A protest about some shit in Congo. f***ing Congo?!?!?!?!?! Bloody do-gooders haven't they got a cathedral to occupy or something?

 

[severnside gull]

A protest about some shit in Congo. f***ing Congo?!?!?!?!?! Bloody do-gooders haven't they got a cathedral to occupy or something?

 

[Dr Q]

a protest about government rationing of Um Bongo over there possibly?

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

a protest about government rationing of Um Bongo over there possibly?

There'd be a revolution if that happened.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

The shambles that is the Democratic Republic of Congo needs attention drawn to it. Things don't look like they'll get much better after the current election is over.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

A potentially wealthy country. Where's all the money going?

 

[8ace]

The shambles that is the Democratic Republic of Congo needs attention drawn to it. Things don't look like they'll get much better after the current election is over.

Have they run out of Um Bongo

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Have they run out of Um Bongo

Apart from that (which comes from Somerset) - and possibly KLL and his family - I guess no-one knows anything about the place. Sad.

 

[Pevenseagull]

A potentially wealthy country. Where's all the money going?

cheques still being written out to 'Zaire'?

 

[Lord Bracknell]

BBC News - Democratic Republic of Congo country profile - Overview

 

[Pevenseagull]

Apart from that (which comes from Somerset) - and possibly KLL and his family - I guess no-one knows anything about the place. Sad.

I know it's very big

 

[ryeseagull]

I represented Zaire in the Model United Nations. The chicks dig it. Very rich in mineral deposits, including uranium, I seem to recall.

 

[Pevenseagull]

I represented Zaire in the Model United Nations. The chicks dig it. Very rich in mineral deposits, including uranium, I seem to recall.

Diamonds too, if they had oil Mobotu (sp) would probably still be there (Until such time as the US decided it was his turn to be the most evil man on the planet)

 

[daveinprague]

There was a protest opposite Downing St by them when I was there late Sept...

 

[JamesAndTheGiantHead]

BBC News - Democratic Republic of Congo country profile - Overview

Dr. Congo should have been a bond villain.

 

[rool]

I don't think it was about the protest at all. At Green park they all herded on singing and dancing and then inbetween Green Park and Oxford Circus all the bastards kept doing was pulling the emergency alarm. There was a small police presence and we were held up at Oxford Circus for a while but every time the train tried to pull away they pulled the emergency alarm again. None of the protest chants and flags came out until the police tried to force things along abit.
Bastards made me miss my train connection.

 

[Biscuit]

Even at the best of times Oxford Circus is always so horrendously busy. You can hardly move down the platforms let alone get on a tube.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

The shambles that is the Democratic Republic of Congo needs attention drawn to it. Things don't look like they'll get much better after the current election is over.

Ed: can you advise whether the Democratic Republic of Congo is more or less democratic than the Republic of Congo? I'm guessing less, seeing as how countries with the word Democratic in their name do seem to have a tendency to be the least democratic nations on the planet (Democratic People's Republic of Korea, for example).

Thanks