Tens of thousands in London march against PM, austerity

[inanna]

Source: Agence France-Presse

April 16, 2016

London (AFP) - Tens of thousands of people marched through London on Saturday in protest against government spending cuts, with some activists demanding Prime Minister David Cameron's resignation over his family's offshore finances.

Demonstrators converged on Trafalgar Square calling for more investment in the health service, housing, education and public sector pay, while some held up banners saying "Ditch Dodgy Dave" and "Cameron Must Go -- Tories Out!"

The protest, which also included demands to protect Britain's troubled steel industry, was planned long before Cameron's admission last week that he once held shares in his late father's offshore investment fund.

But The People's Assembly, which helped organise the trade union-backed march, said the revelations sparked by the so-called Panama Papers "prove that this is a government for the privileged few".


Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/tens-thousands-london-march-against-pm-austerity-175229618.html

[forest444]

1. Austerity for thee, offshoring for me.

Easy there, cowboy.

[appalachiablue]

2. -->BOOT CAMERON & THE TORY TOSSERS!

Bravo Brits!!

[forest444]

3. Our British friends may be famed for their stiff upper lip;

But they certainly how to give miscreant leaders the boot when they have to.

[840high]

5. Good.

[raccoon]

4. Brits, you rock. nt

[zentrum]

6. There was one here ALSO!

In America! In New York!

I think it was organized as an Occupy March but it morphed by sheer emphasis into a Bernie March.

There were thousands and thousands—extremely diverse—carrying Bernie signs and many wearing Bernie wigs and some carrying signs that said Birdie, many Vets, a contingency of Artists, people carrying message signs about income inequality, student debt-----all marching up Lafayette Street near Houston. Probably to Union Square. It went on for blocks and blocks. Very loud and energized—telling everyone to "Vote on Tuesday".

There was a salient police presence so they obviously had a permit—but there is not a peep in the media. Saw no TV Station reporters and it's not being reported anywhere. Not even here on DU. It's a news Black Out. There were thousands and thousands—3 days after there were 30,000 in Washington Square Park.