The Battle of George Square

[Nearly Sane]

97 years ago...


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hwsFkQIUjRw&sns=fb

[Shaker]

I'd never heard of this before but having seen the video and read up a little - a little so far; I'll go into it in more depth - I'm very glad indeed to have added this to my knowledge bank. Thanks for making me aware of something I ought to have known before.

[Gonnagle]

Dear ( is there a name for someone who loves his city of birth )

The Battle of George Square, it was no battle, just ordinary men asking, what is fair, my father was shaped by these men, I was shaped by my father, I raise my glass to anyone who loves their city, Liverpudlians, Londoners, Mancunians, Brummies, wait, naw wait, its sore, it's hard to type, Edin, no wait, I will get there, Edinbuggers, there see, great cities.

All built by men of great vision and the ordinary man ( ordinary man, whits that ) well except for Edinburgh, sue me! it is only right and fair that we house the scum of politics in that city, aye! that's right, I have a chip oan my shoulder, but believe me, it is a chip well founded.

Anyway, I belong to Glasgow and Glasgow belongs to me.

Gonnagle.

[Nearly Sane]

Dear ( is there a name for someone who loves his city of birth )

The Battle of George Square, it was no battle, just ordinary men asking, what is fair, my father was shaped by these men, I was shaped by my father, I raise my glass to anyone who loves their city, Liverpudlians, Londoners, Mancunians, Brummies, wait, naw wait, its sore, it's hard to type, Edin, no wait, I will get there, Edinbuggers, there see, great cities.

All built by men of great vision and the ordinary man ( ordinary man, whits that ) well except for Edinburgh, sue me! it is only right and fair that we house the scum of politics in that city, aye! that's right, I have a chip oan my shoulder, but believe me, it is a chip well founded.

Anyway, I belong to Glasgow and Glasgow belongs to me.

Gonnagle.

Polimouphile?

[L.A.]

It was 1919 - a hell of a lot of people were terrified that the Bolshevik revolution would take root here. The government over-reacted - end of story.

[Ricky Spanish]

Wasn't it Churchill who ordered the tanks in?

[Ricky Spanish]

Will there be a reenactment in the square for the 100 year mark in 2019?

[Hope]

I wonder what would have happened UK-wide if the demands had been accepted, even if modified a tad?  How would Unions have been seen from then on?

[L.A.]

I wonder what would have happened UK-wide if the demands had been accepted, even if modified a tad?  How would Unions have been seen from then on?

According to Wiki:

 " It was described as a "socialist revolution" by supporters"

so my guess is that if there had been any signs of weakness from the authorities the situation would have escalated to a point were it became a real battle with real bloodshed.

[Shaker]

According to Wiki:

 " It was described as a "socialist revolution" by supporters"

so my guess is that if there had been any signs of weakness from the authorities the situation would have escalated to a point were it became a real battle with real bloodshed.

Because sending troops and tanks in is the ideal way to avoid real bloodshed.

[L.A.]

Because sending troops and tanks in is the ideal way to avoid real bloodshed.

With hindsight we can see it as a clumsy over-reaction, but no one died, so maybe they got it right?

[Shaker]

With hindsight we can see it as a clumsy over-reaction, but no one died, so maybe they got it right?

Was that luck or judgement?

[Gonnagle]

Dear Why,

The interesting thing for me, the date, 1919, fighting for a 40 hour week, nearly a 100 years on, we still have 40 hour weeks, in the NHS some people work, 60, 70, 80 hour weeks, your loved ones are being cared for by people who are dead on their feet, we are not going forwards, the newspapers are littered with NHS mistakes, WHY!!

Gonnagle.

[L.A.]

Was that luck or judgement?

You might ask that question about any historical event.

[Shaker]

You might ask that question about any historical event.

Yes, but I'm asking it about the one that this thread is about.

[L.A.]

Yes, but I'm asking it about the one that this thread is about.

And the answer is:

Who Knows!

[ippy]

Dear ( is there a name for someone who loves his city of birth )

The Battle of George Square, it was no battle, just ordinary men asking, what is fair, my father was shaped by these men, I was shaped by my father, I raise my glass to anyone who loves their city, Liverpudlians, Londoners, Mancunians, Brummies, wait, naw wait, its sore, it's hard to type, Edin, no wait, I will get there, Edinbuggers, there see, great cities.

All built by men of great vision and the ordinary man ( ordinary man, whits that ) well except for Edinburgh, sue me! it is only right and fair that we house the scum of politics in that city, aye! that's right, I have a chip oan my shoulder, but believe me, it is a chip well founded.

Anyway, I belong to Glasgow and Glasgow belongs to me.

Gonnagle.

With you on this one Gonners, makes me smile when we still have people referring to let's return to to our old values, all of em; I don't think so.

ippy

[OH MY WORLD!]

What's wrong with a 40 hour work week? Such spineless panty waists. They need to try and make it as farmers! But hey, with tech advances, soon perhaps you spineless will only be GIVEN 15 hours of work a week, if any.

[L.A.]

Given the fact that Russia was engaged in a bloody revolution (which was widely seen to a world wide threat) and the Bolsheviks had murdered the Czar and his family the previous year, it is hardly surprising that a demonstration on behalf of a "socialist revolution" was seen as a serious threat by the government. It would be equivalent to a group of Islamic State supporters staging major demonstration today.

The only surprise was that no one was killed.