perhaps the wombles can help, after all they have a tendency to physically attack activists.

I am disturbed by two misleading comments posted on the site
I believe we will lose credibility if we spread factually incorrect items

Firstly the claim that there was to be and "attack" on the M & S demo.
Just because another group chooses to counter demonstrate does not constitute an "attack"

I was also very surprised to see someone alleging that Manchester City Council had passed a resolution against the right of the M & S demonstrators to demonstrate

Firstly the mover of the original motion which actually sought to protect the rights of demonstrators, far from being against them, nade it absolutely clear this was aimed at all demonstrators and counter demonstrators, and was ABSOLUTELY NOT ABOUT THE M & s DEMO.
It is mischievous and misleading to suggest otherwise.
The amendment that was proposed and carried merely strenghtened the motion by addiing that everyone has the right to demonstrate as long as they are not "offensive" "racist"
"antisemitic" or "Islamophobic"
You only have to read the amendment to see it is not anti the M & S demo.
In fact yesterday the police afforded the demo the utmost protection and support, and it was only when one of the demonstrators got out of hand that there was any hint of restricting them.

I also felt the attempt to suggest there was deliberate disruption of the Gerald Kaufman meeting was seriously inaccurate.
the meeting progressed relatively uneventfully until it became clear that the chairman had decided to stifly any meaningful debate or any challenge to what the speakers had said.
At that time strenuous calls were made for the debate to be allowed to continue, but they fell on deaf ears.
Many people there felt it was unfair to leave some very inaccurate things the speakers had said unanswered which was why the meeting got out of control.