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.
DENNIS BROE gives an update on the last week of anti-austerity protests against the Macron regime, which has seen the supposedly more right-leaning Gilets Jaunes join with the unions and the left
Here are the voices of DANIEL KEBEDE, FRAN HEATHCOTE, HOLLY TURNER and LEANNE MOHAMAD explaining why they will be taking part in the People’s Assembly No More Austerity demo next weekend



