Loughborough - Axe the Tax
Published:
April 07, 2013 23:25
by George |
Neighbourhoods: charnwood loughborough
Loughborough's first bedroom tax protest.
Yesterday Leicestershire against the Cuts mounted a bedroom room tax protest in Loughborough. It started with the scurrying of the organisers whilst they built their little bedroom set-up with a good 15-20 of people massing right off the bat. Both the Socialist and the Labour party wandered on over not long after, with Labour being particularly conspicuous in this Tory Council (Loughborough being covered by Charnwood Council, also home to a lone BNP Councillor). There were several rather rousing speeches made, along with the unfortunately familiar tales of personal woe due to yet another unjust attack upon us, which garnered plenty of attention from passing shoppers on a heaving market day with many taking the time to discuss the issue, take a leaflet or sign the petition. Unfortunately there was some unpleasantness with a stallholder who threatened to burn a woman (when the police arrived he claimed he threatened to burn her leaflets) in front of her daughter when asked if she could put some leaflets on his stall. Despite this blip all in all it was an excellent demo with a well-organised demo with a fantastic turnout of local activists for a largely conservative town.
Comments
theres no only way,protest& vote
Published: April 08, 2013 16:18
by
James
register to vote for a alternative or none of the above& protest as well.
enouraging people & adding yourself to potential riot-court fodder isnt a brilliant move.
If a 1/4 of the people who didnt vote at the last election voted, things would be far from perfect, but most of these cuts would not be happening.
Bedroom Tax meet tomorrow
Published: April 08, 2013 17:11
by
Lauren Foster
We have a public meeting tomorrow at Glebe House, Woodgate, 6-7.30pm (opposite the Organ Grinder pub) and would like the group to spread to oppose the wider cuts. I'd like to point out that Loughborough itself isn't a Tory town- it's all the surrounding villages.
Wandering over
Published: April 08, 2013 18:51
by
Tony Church
As convenor of Leicestershire Against the Cuts and a Socialist Party member, can I just correct that we didn't 'wander over' we were there from the outset as we have been throughout the campaign. This is an excellent article, it doesn't need souring with a pop like that.
Uncalled for threats but still a positive day!
Published: April 08, 2013 22:30
by
Becky
I am actually said woman who was threatened to be burned! I was just handing out leaflets in the near vicinity of his stall and after he threatened me, he then threatened my mum with a good kicking! Charming! In spite of this it was a really positive day and whilst there were the usual "doesn't affect me not interested' comments there were many people who stopped and asked question & who seemed genuinely interested so was well worth it! Thanks to those who organised it & hopefully future meetings will see the fight against the bedroom tax continue!
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Not Enough
This is all very well but more petitions are not going to stop the Bedroom Tax. The Labour Party have jumped on to this bandwagon because Labour-controlled councils, which have diligently implemented the cuts,can make it look like they are seriously opposed to the cuts when in practice they are not. The way forward is to stop paying Council Tax.