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    Two men scale Commons scaffolding


    By Tony Grew
    - 8th September 2010

    Two protesters have scrambled up the scaffolding around the clock tower of the Palace of Westminster.

    The men, who have some large banners, some reading Troops Home and Peace, appeared at around 5pm.

    This security breach will be a deep embarassment to the police, after a series of similar incidents in the last parliament.

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