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London – Following today’s official opening of parliament by Queen Elizabeth, thousands of protesters are marching in Westminster to oppose further austerity measures and plans to repeal the Human Rights Act.

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From the Facebook event page:
On Wednesday 27th May it will be the state opening of Parliament, where the Tories will officially form a Government.
They will do so with just 37% of the vote, and with the consent of 24% of eligible voters in the UK.

The new Government is going to try to: smash the welfare state by £12bn, privatize the NHS, raise tuition fees, decimate local services, make strike action illegal, scapegoat migrants, worsen the housing crisis and to crush all dissent that stands in their way.

There is now only one thing stopping this from becoming a reality: us. Over the coming weeks and months, we are going to have to show the Tories that we will not let them do this, and we will have to inspire broader layers of the population into resisting austerity. That new wave of resistance starts now.

We are putting this call out for a mobilization to coincide with the opening of Parliament; we don’t yet have any particular plans beyond it happening. NCAFC does not claim to represent the anti-austerity movement as a whole, and we are putting this call out in the hope that other groups, collectives and organizations will come on board.

UK Uncut has also called a day of action, for Saturday 30th May

Police tried to block the march from making it to #10 Downing Street.

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