Tonight the New Labour dominated Unitary Council in Bristol caved in to public pressure that was mounting against mutliple school closures. Bristol has become a pilot council for all that is hated about New Labour - privatisation, private finance initiatives, education action zones, the New Deal. Facing the looming threat of a city wide teachers' strike over the closure and the mobilisation of parents and activists, the Council were forced into retreat.

The most recent march last Saturday had home-made placards reading "School cuts hurt our kids" and "No such thing as empty spaces - More like pound signs in their places". As one on the mums on Saturday's march chanted "Labour, abour, Labour - OUt! Out! Out!". Let those who live by the free market die by the free market. Build the resistance. Power to the poeple!