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10,000 turn out at May Day tribute to Benn and Crow
Left wing giants' legacies live on in London's Trafalgar Square
Unite union leader Len McCluskey told London’s largest May Day rally in years yesterday that a general strike may be the “only way” to save Britain.
He was cheered by the 10,000 workers, students and pensioners who flooded Trafalgar Square for International Workers’ Day despite a ferocious downpour.
Mr McCluskey accused the Tory-led coalition of trying to “dismantle” public services built by working-class people since the end of World War II.
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