Amy MacBeath

With the G20 Summit happening in London and protesters insisting they will bring the city to a standstill it begs the question, how much can really be achieved?  Meetings between the 22 heads of state will carry on regardless of who turns out to campaign.  I respect the folk who take the opportunity to fight for a cause they truly believe in, if it was something on a local level affecting my family I would probably be all for taking part.  My generation missed the days of sticking to the man and flower power so perhaps we don’t possess the same spirit to rebel for the cause.  I just hope that protests remain peaceful and that no fools out there ruin it for everyone – after all they are spending £7.5m on policing the summit!

This came up this morning at the BBC watching Graham Stewart present the Morning Extra programme, which I was fortunate enough to sit in on.  Once I had got over the initial shock of getting up at 5.30am it was nice to be up and about before the rush and see Glasgow calm and still as the sun came up – a far cry from the scenes I imagine will be on the streets of London.