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How the 2010 student protests still shape British politics
The student demonstrations shook the country and 10 years later the protests still define a divided society, writes JOSHUA WHITE
RADICALISED: Protesters against the introduction of £9,000 a year tuition fees outside Millbank in 2010

TWO lads, shirtless and drunk, climbed up the black metal gates of the Treasury and yelled to the crowd below them: “Revolution!”

The crowd cheered. “That really sums it up,” I said to my friend. 

This was December 9 2010. It was a cold, damp night and we were stuck in Parliament Square. 

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