FIVE coffins were carried through the streets of Manchester and delivered to the venue of the Tory Party conference today.

Each symbolised an aspect of the Tory misrule that has caused hundreds of thousands of deaths since 2010, including NHS cuts, Grenfell, cruelty to refugees and migrants, abandonment of disabled people — and 300,000 victims of austerity.

The mock funeral was a forerunner to the national protest tomorrow when thousands of protesters are expected to march and rally in Manchester where the Conservative Party’s annual conference takes place.