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Put a real hero on the square
More than 100 trade unionists swoop into Plaza de Margaret Thatcher to call for a name change
BRITISH socialists swooped on controversial site Plaza de Margaret Thatcher in Madrid last night, staging a snap protest to demand that International Brigades hero Jack Jones is honoured instead.
More than 100 trades unionists and anti-fascist activists descended on the square in posh Salamanca district.
They symbolically renamed the square by covering street signs bearing the hated Tory’s name with their “Plaza de Jack Jones” banner.
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