loads of roads closed & a lot of police presence around?
It’s the state opening of parliament today, might be why.
In one!
Rich people moving, everyone else … stand still and wait until they’re finished… nice to see a modern egalitarian Britain that cast off the chains of aristocratic tyranny isn’t it… 
When do we attack? 
An uprising from below?
Sound horrible 
Vive la Republik, down with the monarchy - Anarchy in the UK!
sometime…perhaps 
Going past Hyde Park on Piccadilly earlier, there were some great booming sounds as though bombs were going off a regular intervals. It was enought that I could feel it in my chest.
Are they excavating under the park?
Or maybe it was Black Rod knocking a little loud!
??? How could you not know? It was on every traffic report for the past week, and all over the news today.
Even as a loyal servant of the Crown, I knew I couldn’t get through the cordon to get my office in Victoria. I had to - and you won’t believe this - I had to actually go SOUTH OF THE RIVER :w00t: Fortunately I kept my wits abouts me and managed to keep moving for most of the time, so I got back across unscathed. A close shave.
freedom for Tooting!
errr didnt watch much tv this week 
U actually went south of the river??? :w00t: Are u ok? Did they ask u for your passport :P:hehe:
Cheeky fuggers, its all about the south, everyone knows north london is the armpit of the country.
Oh dear, North/South London wars! 
North rules!
/me runs away.
+1 North London rules
Not running away though, I’m not scared of the Sarf London Massive!! :ermm: :w00t:
to put it politely North London = poo
Westminster was a mess today - had no idea neither about the road closures and my office is just next to Westminster Abbey - in the middle of the closed area. Great stuff. Had to park 20mins walk away from the office - I have not walked that much since I got me bike in May :w00t:
Exercise by royal decreet I would say.
It was great, I walked from Westminster tube to my office quite happily and at lunchtime there was no traffic on Birdcage Walk which was very nice, although its funny I always find usually busy parts, for traffic, of London eerily quiet when there is no traffic about, its a very odd feeling, nice to not have the noise but a bit surreal as I’m so used to it…
It was all over by 2.30ish though as I saw all the roads opening up and the barriers being moved…
Oh and Toby, it’s just a tradition, nothing more, it’s not as if the peasants are not allowed near Westminster during the opening of Parliament, you can still hurl your eggs and shout your revolutionary slogans from the pavement, its just that you can’t drive through it as usual, which bearing in mind the traffic chaos that is Parliament Sq, that’s not actually such a bad thing…
RPG’s and snipers are in place…siiiiiiir!
El Diablo DeViese
Cheeky fuggers, its all about the south, everyone knows north london is the armpit of the country.
Got to agree, except we have got to admit that Woolwich IS the a*sehole of London.
Mind you, I can sort of understand why the pampered softies from North London feel intimidated coming South of the river, well South of Borough Market anyway.
So glad I gave up working in Central