Occupy London protesters set up camp outside of St Paul's Cathedral

The Occupy Together protests of yesterday, October 15, 2011, had a mixed response. In Italy a runaway contingent of trouble makers were blamed for a heavy police response. Some of the 951 cities affected world wide saw thousands of people demonstrating whilst others experienced hundreds.

In London some protesters claimed that the police became heavy handed unnecessarily.

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After trying to protest in the financial district of London protesters made their way back to St Paul's where they hoped to set up camp. The police had a different idea in mind. A police spokesperson has since said that they were trying to protect the fabric of the building.

Today the Minister at the cathedral asked the police for calm. It seems that true Christian spirit is alive in at least one person. Perhaps he was remembering Jesus and his response to the money lenders in church?

Last night a few thousand protesters were outside the cathedral and today about 500 remain. These are setting up camp. It is early days for these protesters and it could go either way. One young man raised a smile with TV news readers as he said he would have to leave by Monday to go to work. However this just proves that dismissing the protesters as lazy no-hopers is totally wrong.

He is lucky to have a job and sensibly is looking after it. That is not to say that his future is assured. Far from it.

Protest in the capital of the Tyrol region, Austria