If Overrun By Protesters, G-8 Leaders Will Retreat To Castle

[hatrack]

"THE venue for the G8 summit of world leaders next week will be switched to a 19th-century castle if security around Glen-eagles is overwhelmed by anti-poverty protesters. Politicians will be moved from the luxury Gleneagles Hotel to the castle 20 miles away if their safety is considered at risk or if the protests turn into riots and make it impossible for summit business to take place as planned.

The plan for the fall-back venue — built by one of Admiral Nelson’s most senior officers and now the home of Scotland’s police college — would mean Tony Blair hosting the summit over one day rather than the original 48 hours. If the college at Tulliallan, in Fife, subsequently becomes a focus for protest and its security is breached or at risk, the final option is to switch the world leaders to Lancaster House in London.

The college is set in 90 acres of parkland and has been used to train Scotland's police officers since 1954. It includes a conference centre but does not have the kind of security fencing that are going to be used for Gleneagles. Instead, the college would be ringed with a human shield of police officers."

Thousands of protesters are expected to target Gleneagles and the nearby village of Auchterarder, Perthshire, next Wednesday when the summit begins. Around 10,600 officers, half of them from England, will be co-ordinated from a centre in Glenrothes, Fife."

EDIT

Perhaps they could pour some boiling oil on them, or call out the crossbowmen? :eyes:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,22649-1674721,00.html

[Hekate]

1. A castle? I must say the filthy rich know how to make a statement

:rofl:
Full speed ahead to the 14th century! Where serfs knew their place, begad! And rulers ruled by the grace of God and all that. Ooo wait'll they remember the droit d'seigneur -- then we can all be screwed not only figuratively but literally.

Hekate

[C_U_L8R]

2. What A Sight That Could Be...

The Common Folk Storming The Castle

[eShirl]

3. "Release the hounds!"

:hide:

[formercia]

4. Quasimoto swinging from the belfry

would be a nice theatrical touch.

[enki23]

5. bring the torches and pitchforks

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[htuttle]

6. My advice to the protesters

Have fun storming the castle!