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20.15 Trident, Disability and the Tory Party Conference 

18.39 Apparently the eggee was brandishing a picture of Margaret Thatcher…

Tory egged after brandishing picture of Margaret Thatcher at anti-austerity protesters

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17.52 An hour ago the BBC realised there was a demonstration going on in Manchester (CLICK HERE FOR THEIR REPORT).  6 minutes ago they found something more they thought was more interesting

Jeremy Hunt mobbed by protesters at Conservative conference in Manchester

Jeremy Hunt has been surrounded by protesters on his walk to the Conservative Party conference in Manchester.

The health secretary was protected by a cordon of police officers.

Earlier, thousands of people took part in a TUC anti-austerity rally in the city, demonstrating against spending and benefit cuts, NHS reforms and new restrictions on industrial action.

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16.30 ANNOUNCEMENT FROM PEOPLE’S ASSEMBLY

Following today’s 80,000 strong protest in Manchester against the Tory Party Conference, there is a comedy event featuring Frankie Boyle, Francesca Martinez, Mark Steel, Sara Pascoe, Jeremy Hardy, Robin Ince and Nish Kumar being held at Manchester Academy titled ‘Laugh Them Out Of Town.’ All proceeds will go towards the costs of organising the week of action. Tickets: £10 / £20 / £30 (concession / standard / solidarity) The event will be livestreamed.

Links to follow. Doors open at 7pm.

14.20 Tory Conference Delegate Egged

14.00 BBC coverage

13.48 – Huffington Post Coverage

Conservative Party Conference Starts So Out Come The Pig Masks

A collection of pictures of people in pig masks of varying quality.  CLICK HERE TO SEE THEM

13.31 – Speeches have begun – rousing stuff from Frances O Grady as a large wooden horse turns up

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11.12 Sunday politics talks about EU, Security, a a minister wearing a jumper – but not Austerity.

 10.54 Salford Unemployment Centre is the rallying point for some, as buses arrive from across the country.  #takebackmcr and #no2austerity are buzzing

10.41 A great overview of what happened yesterday from The Manchester Mule

Anti-breadandrosesausterity choir kicks off week of action at the Tory Party Conference

Emerging from a crowd of commuters and football fans, the group gave an attention-grabbing rendition of ‘Bread and Roses’ against a backdrop of anti-Tory banners.

“They’re not welcome here”, said Sue McCormick, one of the organisers of the flash mob, continuing: “It’s outrageous cheek to choose to come to Manchester. It just shows their arrogance.”

09.13 – A little report in from a friend

So a lot of the folks coming up to Manchester tomorrow to protest outside the Tory Party Conference have had their accommodation cancelled without warning and not given a reason as to why.

They were planning on staying in the Sugden Centre near the university.

The Sugden Centre is managed by a company called “Serco”.

Serco recently appointed a chap called Sir Roy Gardner as their Chairman.

Sir Roy Gardner is listed by the Electoral Commission as having donated £10,000 to the Tories back in April.

“NO REASON WAS GIVEN AS TO WHY THEIR ACCOMMODATION WAS CANCELLED”

09.00 As protesters arrive from all over the country we send out a video to keep their spirits up

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SATURDAY ENDS – SUNDAY STARTS!

19.20 Anti-austerity Theatre – kicking off shortly at the Dancehouse!
Compared by Terry Christian, this is an evening of plays, comedy sketch shows and spoken word, including Knock Knock, an anti-austerity play written and directed by Kate Marlow; Flick and Julie’s Pop Up Penny Pinchers Anti Austerity comedy sketch show and poetry by Stephen Morrison Burke.
The Dance House Theatre, 10 Oxford Road, M1 5QA 7:30pm
Tickets £3.50 (skint), £7.70 (standard), £13.20 (solidarity)

19.13 Welcome To Manchester  still buzzing down at the People’s History Museum!
With Billy Bragg, Sam Duckworth, Billy Lunn, Brigitte Aphrodite, Eat The Evidence and more, plus a Reverse Supermarket Sweep in aid of Manchester South  Central Food Bank, and a Foreign Currency Exchange to give your old foreign money to help the displaced.
The People’s History Museum. Noon -10pm £10.

19.04 Victoria Egerton asks why the Big 6 are still allowed to run our energy market.  And will the Tories do anything about it whilst in fuel poor Manchester? 

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WHY DO THE GOVERNMENT ALLOW THE BIG 6 TO RUN OUR ENERGY?

The Manchester Family Poverty Strategy identified one in four households in Manchester are fuel poor.  So why does the government allow this monopoly to rule the energy market? CLICK HERE TO READ MORE

17.40 Food has been shared by the people of Manchester with homeless

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16.17 The anti-austerity gathering in Piccadilly gardens will be putting on a soup kitchen in an hour – come down, listen to music and any donations would be very welcome!!

15.11 A pretty decent roundup of events from the MEN – but a lot more is going to be happening!

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Anti-austerity rally: Everything you need to know about Sunday’s demo in Manchester

There’s actually a ‘pre-demo’ gig – including a performance from Billy Bragg – on Saturday night at the People’s History Museum.

CLICK HERE TO READ MORE – OR CLICK HERE TO READ THE SALFORD STAR’S MORE COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE

15.00 Homeless Solidarity Tune Released – Check out the website (click here) for quality merch.  For each t-shirt sold, £7 will be given to a local Manchester homeless charity.

12.30 A Flash Mob Welcome the Conservatives at Picadilly Train Station – ITV LINK HERE

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 09.00 PRESS RELEASE FROM PEOPLE’S ASSEMBLY ABOUT ACCOMODATION

SugdenProtesters arriving in Manchester today have had their accommodation cancelled with no warning. Last night at 11pm Sugden Centre informed the People’s Assembly that space would not be made available for protesters.

The People’s Assembly, organisers of a week of events, booked a sports hall, the University’s Sugden Sports Centre, to accommodate supporters to stay for the week – this was agreed with the company months in advance. The People’s Assembly contacted the sports centre last night (to arrange parking), less than 24 hours before our people were due to arrive, and were informed the booking had been cancelled due to ‘Security Risks’. The Sugden didn’t even bother to contact the organisers about the decision.  CLICK HERE TO READ MORE

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