Tuesday, 6 October 2015

#TakeBackMCR @PSB_HQ



Monday was quite a day. On Sunday 100,000 of us marched and rallied against the undemocratically elected Tory government (votes from 24% of the electorate is not a mandate).

On Monday morning walking into work I witnessed several Tory delegates en route to their conference sneering and laughing at some homeless people trying to debate with them. I challenged them of course but they ignored me and hurried to their police escort past the ridiculous ring of steel that encloses Manchester Central at present

At lunchtime I popped back to support the DPAC, Disabled People Against cuts protest. Lively and noisy and I witnessed two police thugs hauling away a protester, falsely claiming he threw an egg and willing to use that as an excuse to throw him against the nearest wall. Had I and others (steward, photographer, members of public) not intervened they would have taken it further I am sure.

In the evening there were 8000 people inside and outside the Cathedral for The People’s Post Rally (take back the Royal Mail from the greedy and selfish Tories and shareholders who stole it from us and privatised it). Some inspiring speakers including Green and Labour Party leaders Natalie Bennett and Jeremy Corbyn.

Then hot footed it across town for the Beat Back Gig – Here are the wonderful Public Service Broadcasting playing their set, which was followed by Charlotte Church and the zany and captivating Super Furry Animals.

Hope is in the air as I post for Our World Tuesday.




6 comments:

  1. Everywhere the same it seems. Money has the power.

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  2. Well done Chrissie, I wish I could share your optimism - I fear for our future.

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  3. Some of the same seems to be happening here.

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  4. It's all happening in Manchester this week. Wonderful turnouts for the marches and rallies.

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  5. The 'no mandate' complaint only seems to apply to the Conservatives since 2010.

    I can remember all elections since 1970, and despite every single government since then being elected by a minority of the electorate, I cannot remember this strange and desperate 'no mandate' argument ever being used before 2010.

    We certainly never heard it when Labour won a majority in 2005 with 21.6% of the electorate voting for it, and with nearly 2 million votes fewer than the Conservatives got in 2015.

    Nobody claimed that the 2005 Labour government was 'undemocratically elected'.

    There were no indignant, abusive, egg throwing and spitting Tories outside the Labour conference that year, or indeed in any year.

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  6. I've always maintained those govts also had no mandate. Spitting is disgusting, shouting abuse is understandable when lives ae lost as a result of extremist policies like current govt. Egg throwing is vile, bad enough that they are eaten let alone wasted.

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