Britain, Media, Return to scene of Poll Tax riots... Protesters and anarchists plan to 'celebrate? death of Baroness Thatcher

ANARCHISTS and protesters from around the country are expected to descend on Trafalgar 
Square tomorrow night (Saturday) to ?celebrate? the death of Baroness Thatcher. ---- 
Scotland Yard say they are prepared for the gathering which will take place at the scene 
of the most violent Poll Tax riots in 1990. ---- Officers say they are planning 
?appropriate levels? of policing to deal with it.---Hundreds of people attended a ?party? 
in Brixton on Monday, just hours after Baroness Thatcher?s death was announced. ---- The 
former prime minister, who had been staying at the Ritz hotel, suffered a stroke. --- The 
Met said police officers were targeted with low-level violence. --- Anarchist group Class 
War say they have been planning the square party for more than a decade and hundreds of 
people took to Twitter this week to promote the event.

Ian Bone, the founder of Class War and author of A Decade of Disorder, suggested that 
police may close off the square to prevent the protest.

The Met have asked organisers to make themselves known to police so that their ?right to 
protest can be upheld?.

But the Mayor Boris Johnson?s office, which is responsible for running Trafalgar Square, 
said no formal applications have been made for a protest.

Under bylaws introduced by the Greater London Assembly (GLA), police can instruct people 
to leave the square and it would be illegal for party-goers to play music or make speeches 
without written permission.

Flowers were laid outside Baroness Thatcher?s home in Chester Square, Belgravia, this week 
and the Union Jack above City Hall in Victoria was flown at half-mast on Monday and Tuesday.

Leader of Westminster council Philippa Roe paid tribute to Baroness Thatcher, describing 
her as an ?inspiring leader?.

She added: ?Before her death, Baroness Thatcher was the last living individual who had 
been granted the position of Honorary Freeman of the City of Westminster. It is very rare 
for the City of Westminster to create honorary freemen.

"Only one former prime minister has received such recognition ? Sir Winston Churchill in 
1946 following his brave leadership during the Second World War.

?Baroness Thatcher was an inspiring leader who made a huge contribution to Westminster life.

"For example, she personally helped to create a Citizens Task Force which became an army 
of over 5,000 local residents similar to the Games Makers of last year?s Olympics, which 
helped improve the city and improve residents? quality of life.

?She also oversaw a period in which our city flourished and prospered with 17,000 new jobs 
and huge increases in new business space.

"It is for those reasons, and many others, that I would like to pay tribute to her on 
behalf of Westminster City Council and offer our sincerest condolences to her family.?

But leader of the Labour group, Cllr Paul Dimoldenberg, said: ?Margaret Thatcher dominated 
political life during the 1980s, and her divisive and aggressively partisan brand of 
politics took hold across London.

?In Westminster, this led to Shirley Porter?s disgraceful ?homes for votes? scandal and 
the worst period in the council?s history.

?Today we are living with some of the worst aspects of Thatcherism, particularly the 
thousands of former council flats which are now owned by buy-to-let landlords and 
companies who are charging massive rents.

?At the same time, local families are exported 50 miles and more away because of a lack of 
council flats.

?The sale of council houses certainly benefited the Conservatives but it has done a lot of 
damage to everyone else.

?We send condolences to Lady Thatcher?s children, Carol and Mark, and the rest of her 
family at this sad time for them all.?