Photo agencies have recently been getting large numbers of requests from national daily newspapers for library photos that show 'violent anarchists' or 'violent protestors'. Expect a glutch of lurid propaganda stories in the coming week, including some more 'infiltration' style nonsense pieces.

Meanwhile TV networks have been busy looking for camera locations to film the protests from. In Edinburgh, representatives from Fox TV News have been looking for camera locations around Princes Street, and are said to be more interested in filming 'the violence of protestors' than in covering the issues.