Day of Action – Enough is Enough (nationwide 1 October 2022)
Crowds are building in Manchester
Ian Parker in Manchester:
Over a 1000 people now protesting.
ian Parker
kings cross, London
Simon Hannah in London:
Police have blocked Parliament square to prevent Just Stop Oil from occupying there.
brighton
Andy Richards in Brighton:
About 700 are marching in Brighton. RMT CWU other unions, Acorn, XR, EIE.
andy richards
Simon Hannah in London:
London EIE rally around 2,000 people.
simon hannah
rmt members marching in brighten
more from brighton
Andy Richards from earlier today:
Big RMT/CWU rally at Brighton Station.
andy richards
Crowds are now building around the country.
Simon Hannah at Kings Cross, London:
Over 4,000 people now
simon hannah
Ian Parker in Manchester:
Over 1,000 people marching now
ian parker
Yesterday from a CWU picket line
Royal Mail employees represented by the Communication Workers Union went on strike yesterday. Jeremy Corbyn, the constituency’s representative in Parliament, is pictured below with members of the Islington North CLP,
More from London
Simon Hannah:
Lots of XR flags among the trade union flags.
simon hannah
Flying the banner in Manchester
Worst phrase in a speech so far “the trickle down of tears”
ian parker
It was repeated and the ended up as “stop the trickle down of tears and fears”
ian parker
Not to be confused with the 1980s pop band “Tears for Fears”
Mustafa Turus in London:
10,000 in Kings Cross… according to the police.
Mustafa turus
Images now coming in from Huddersfield
Estimated numbers so far:
Manchester 3,000-2,000
London 10,000-6,000
Huddersfield 250
Norwich 1,000
Brighton 700
Lichfield 200
various
RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch speaking
I just saw Just Stop Oil marching to the demo
simon hannah
XR have blocked the bridges in central London
Simon hannah
Norwich
London
People moving into action today in Manchester, separately organised events by Don’t Pay, Enough is Enough, Palestine Solidarity, Ukrainians and Iranian monarchists.
Ian parker
Rally by Waterloo RMT and Lambeth Solidarity (photo gallery above) this morning. Simon Hannah from ACR spoke on behalf of Lambeth UNISON and called for organised defiance of the new anti-union laws being proposed by this Tory government which will take away the right to strike.
Lichfield
The Lichfield Enough is Enough protest this morning drew an estimated 200 people- which is an excellent turnout for this area where the organised left is historically weak. I arrived shortly after 10am for a ‘static and silent’ protest, after which the organisers said a few words. Besides cost of living issues, and support for striking workers, the issue which comes up time and again here is the appalling, hopeless Tory MP Michael Fabricant. Yes, he is a bit of a joke but we can’t afford jokes at this time and he has to go.
Rob marsden
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