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The Minister for Education, Sir Parties as well as trade unions and Lothian Region Council, was Keith Joseph, who was attending a dinner. with the good-humoured, despite the usual Principals of the Scottish Universities, was fortunate inter- factional rivalry . and to escape injury when a crowd of demonstrators heckling of ELISA Senior President, Mark Kennedy. beseiged his official car. Despite the freezing conditions. As Sir Keith's Rover entered the The demonstration had been enthusiasm was sustained by Quad, it was surrounded by organised by Edinburgh Univer­ some spirited chanting. The hundreds of protestors who sity Students' Association in order familiar "No ifs, no buts, smash the attacked the vehicle with boots, that students and trade union Tories, tight the cuts" degenerat­ fists and missiles. A shaken Sir members could express their ing into "No ifs, no buts, Maggie's Keith was rapidly ushered from the feelings about the current govern­ son drives with sluts" from a.sex ist car as the crowd surged forward in ment's education policies to the socialist worker, and remarkably an attempt to block his entry to Old Minis ter concerned - but they from Mark Kennedy, "No ifs, no College. Despite having around 15 had not anticipated the buts, cut off Joseph's nuts." officers on standby in Chambers vehemence of the reaction to his At around 8 pm, Kennedy Street, the police made no attempt arrival. announced that Sir Keith would be to intervene - this would in any Between three and four hundred arriving shortly, and a few minutes case have required a direct people had gathered in front of the later a navy-blue Ford Granada request from the University main entrance to the Old College carrying the Scottish Under­ authorities. buildings. The mood of the Secretary of State, and MP for Edinburgh North , Mr Alex. Fletcher pulled into the Quad, and was met with a hail of gravel, flour­ bombs and snowballs, one of which knocked the hat off the Kennedy to go to Assistant Secretary of the University, Mr Michael Westcott, as he greeted Mr Fletcher. Shortly afterwards, Sir Keith's Press Council over limousine pulled out of Chambers Street onto South Bridge, where Sir Keith Joseph - the lace that launched a thousand snowballs. the chauffeur exchanged a few 'quote'? words with policemen on duty at was beginning to disperse, feeling front wing was crumpled and there the main entrance to the Old that their point had been made. was severe damage to the rest of Quad. Meanwhile, Sir Keith's chauffeur the coachwork. As the Rover passed through the ruefully examined the consider­ As the car pulled out onto South Friday night's disturbances at Old College was the archway, forcing its way past an able damage cjone to his (brand Bridge, a policeman, on seeing the Art College banner which was subject of considerable coverage in the Scottish press new) car. One front and two rear state of the Rover, was heard to blocking its path, it became clear lights were smashed. while one say "For f---- sake!" and on TV. They all quoted EUSA Senior President that feeling s amongst the protesters were runnina hiah. Mark Kennedy as having "deplored the presence of The car approached the heart of other political parties" at the demonstration. Mark the crowd, and was met by an even Kennedy strenously denies having said anything of more furious volley of · missiles the kind. before around 150 people "I was horrified when I saw The encircled and attacked 1t. Scotsman on Saturday," Mark told Blows hammered down on the What Sir Student. "I never said anything of vehicle - some of the protesters the sort, and how the press could even throwing themselves across possibly dream up something like its roof. It would appear that the that is totally digusting." car was equipped with reinforced Keith Said Apart from The Scotsman, the glass, to judge by its resistance to Evening News and Glasgow the beating it received. Herald as well as BBC Scotland The angry crowd swarmed Speaking before his "informal" dinner with the and STV attributed similar words towards the College entrance as Principals of the eight Scottish Universities, Sir Keith to Kennedy. the Minister was hurriedly man­ There was no question of handled by his bodyguards from Joseph, the Minister for Education talked about the deploring the presence of non­ the car, up the steps and through Conservative Government's long-term strategy for students - ELISA invited local the door, followed by a continuing Higher Education, and about the more immediate political parties, trade unions and hail of missiles. Lothian Regional Council to send Anti-government chants effects of the cuts in University spending resulting representatives to the demonstra­ resumed almost drownir'lg out from last year's decisions by the University Grants tion, and Mark is sending letters of speeches from Mark Kenndy, Mr thanks to those who attended. Alistair Macrae, Area Organiser of Commission. Kennedy is so upset about the NUPE, and Mr Neil Stewart, Sir Keith said that "oil crisis an extension of the time-scale of misquoting that he intends to take Chairperson of NUS (Scotland). permitting" he did not envisage cuts might be made in the case of the matter up with the Press Both Mr Kennedy and Mr that the University system would "one or two" Universities - Council. Macrae stated that whilst be cut back any further after the hinting that one of these might be On the demonstration itself, deploring the violence, they also present three-year "exercise in re­ in Scotland. If so , it seems likely Mark said that although he deplored the "policies of the Tory structuring". He added that we had that this would be Stirling, which thought that the anger of the Mark Kennedy Government " . Mr Macrae one of the best University systems has been hit harder by the cuts demonstrators was perfectly criticised the Principals for in the world, and the long term than any of the other Scottish Justified, and that he objected have controlled the situation. "i nviting to dinner the employer strategy of the Government would Universities. Apart from such personally to Sir Keith being Mr Stewart was also quicker to who is cutting your throat", and be to keep the Universities in their exceptions, the decision on time­ wined and dined by the University, blame the violence, and suggested that students should "slimmed-down" form after the scale was final , he said. he still felt that violence could not particularly the damage done to organise their protest in a similar last year of cuts in 1983-84. achieve anything. the car, on a particular section of way to the trade unions. Mark However, he refused to accept The Minister also stated that the He also welcomed the large the crowd. Kennedy also criticised the the arguments put forward by the £70 million which the Government turnout, and the support of the "I don't think ii was students - Principals for their "naivete" in Committee of Vice-Chancellors have given the UGC to allocate to various organisations present, and more likely the Socialist Workers," dealing in such a way with a man that cuts spread over five, rather the Universities to cove r refuted the suggestion that the he said. "as irrational and dangerous as Sir than three years would be chaper redundancies would ensure violence could be attiributed to He also expressed surprise at Keith Joseph." for the taxpayer.