Students began a class boycott last Monday and, galvanised by a city-wide surge in support, staged a large-scale protest outside of the city government headquarters on Friday night.
Grassroots movements to boycott Indonesian tourist spots and products are growing.
England have not finished ahead since 1986, when the Games were last held in Scotland and 32 teams did not turn up because they were staging a boycott.
Platini said it was possible that Uefa could withdraw its co-operation from Fifa if Blatter won or even boycott the World Cup altogether.
It might prompt Sinn Fein, whose five MPs currently boycott the Commons, to start turning up at Westminster on the grounds that they shouldn't leave all the opportunities to influence events to their Unionist rivals.
Students at Oxford University will this week vote on a controversial motion to boycott Israel, after a tumultuous week that has seen hate mail, accusations of racism and a furious exit from a debate by MP George Galloway.
His main interest was demonstrating that he supported the boycott movement".
On 6 November, academics and staff at 69 universities will begin a marking boycott to protest against proposed changes to pensions.
