Support 100 years of independent journalism.

  1. Politics
10 November 2010updated 08 Sep 2021 6:24am

Demonstrators smash windows and break into Millbank Tower

Crowd chanting "Tory scum!" watch as demonstrators break into building.

By Rob Higson and Duncan Robinson

Demonstrators have smashed windows at the office building Millbank Tower in central London.

Amid increasingly violent scenes, a number of protestors repeatedly kicked and broke in the ground floor windows of Millbank Tower. The building contains within its 30 floors the heaquarters of the Conservative Party.

A onlooking crowd chanting “Tory scum!” and “No ifs, no buts — no education cuts” cheered the demonstrators. Some reports suggest around a dozen people have managed to break into the building whilst others suggest a fire was lit outside Millbank Tower, near to where protesters were due to gather for a rally.

Earlier today, Nick Clegg, Lib Dem leader and Deputy Prime Minister, came under strong criticism in the House of Commons during Prime Minister’s Questions.

Select and enter your email address Quick and essential guide to domestic and global politics from the New Statesman's politics team. The New Statesman’s global affairs newsletter, every Monday and Friday. Your new guide to the best writing on ideas, politics, books and culture each weekend - from the New Statesman. A weekly newsletter helping you fit together the pieces of the global economic slowdown. A newsletter showcasing the finest writing from the ideas section, covering political ideas, philosophy, criticism and intellectual history - sent every Wednesday. The New Statesman’s weekly environment email on the politics, business and culture of the climate and nature crises - in your inbox every Thursday. Sign up to receive information regarding NS events, subscription offers & product updates.
  • Administration / Office
  • Arts and Culture
  • Board Member
  • Business / Corporate Services
  • Client / Customer Services
  • Communications
  • Construction, Works, Engineering
  • Education, Curriculum and Teaching
  • Environment, Conservation and NRM
  • Facility / Grounds Management and Maintenance
  • Finance Management
  • Health - Medical and Nursing Management
  • HR, Training and Organisational Development
  • Information and Communications Technology
  • Information Services, Statistics, Records, Archives
  • Infrastructure Management - Transport, Utilities
  • Legal Officers and Practitioners
  • Librarians and Library Management
  • Management
  • Marketing
  • OH&S, Risk Management
  • Operations Management
  • Planning, Policy, Strategy
  • Printing, Design, Publishing, Web
  • Projects, Programs and Advisors
  • Property, Assets and Fleet Management
  • Public Relations and Media
  • Purchasing and Procurement
  • Quality Management
  • Science and Technical Research and Development
  • Security and Law Enforcement
  • Service Delivery
  • Sport and Recreation
  • Travel, Accommodation, Tourism
  • Wellbeing, Community / Social Services
Visit our privacy Policy for more information about our services, how New Statesman Media Group may use, process and share your personal data, including information on your rights in respect of your personal data and how you can unsubscribe from future marketing communications.
THANK YOU

You can watch a video, via Sky News, of protestors smashing the ground floor windows.

Content from our partners
How to navigate the modern cyber-threat landscape
Supporting customers through the cost of living crisis
Data on cloud will change the way you interact with the government

UPDATE: There are now reports of some demonstrators reaching the top of Millbank Tower, fire extinguishers being thrown off its roof and police surrounding the headquarters of the Lib Dems on Cowley Street…

UPDATE: The following video shows the moment protestors storm the building.

You can follow Rob Higson on Twitter.