Saturday August 13, 2011

In the aftermath of the riots in Nottingham, folks from Notts Uncut resumed their usual Saturday afternoon activities.

Protesting outside Vodafone in Clumber Street, the shop closed its shutter. Outside protesters exhorted them to mitigate the cuts by paying their fair share of taxes. 

Then onto the NatWest Bank in Market Square, the bank closed its doors after people entered, chanting slogans. There were a couple of proper coppers in the bank with them, but inspite of the recent events, there were still 10 PCSO's available to stand about outside and another half-dozen still cruising around the square.  Oh.... and the recent addition of a Nottinghsmshire Police detective to monitor the situation. 

Then onto another Phil Green business, TopShop in Lister Gate.  Some shoppers in need of some urgent clothes did remonstrate with those protesting, and heated discussions ensued.  A passing zebra was also press-ganged into the event :-) I thought it had a cute smile.

Onwards to Boots in the Broadmarsh were some lept under the shutters as they were being closed. After a bit of pushing and shoving, police assisted in their removal.

Notts Uncut said:

"Notts Uncut will be coming together again to remind the tax avoiding banks and corporations based in Nottingham that we haven't gone away and we haven't forgotten what they're up to. 

While the Con-Dem government is getting increasingly cut-happy, telling us that there is no money for homeless shelters and women's refuges, that we can't afford to give charities government grants, that students must pay £9000 a year for degree courses, that people living on the breadline must survive on less and less there is a select group of people who are not suffering from the cuts - the bankers and corporate fat cats. While ordinary people are suffering these people are still paying multi million pounds worth of bonuses and avoiding billions of pounds worth of tax. Let's get out there and make sure the government and their super wealthy tax dodging mates know that we're onto them!!"

Notts Uncut

http://www.nottsuncut.co.uk

nottsuncutaction@gmail.com

Notts Save or Services

http://nottssos.org.uk

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earlier events:

Cuts Protest @ Vodafone, Boots, NatWest, TopShop.

http://nottingham.indymedia.org/articles/1106

Notts UK Uncut occupied Lloyds TSB Bank Nottingham

http://nottingham.indymedia.org/articles/1105

Nottingham Cuts campaigners @ HSBC Vodafone Virgin & the rest

http://nottingham.indymedia.org/articles/1922

Nottingham Street party against business, banks, service cuts

http://nottingham.indymedia.org/articles/1933

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ALAN LODGE 

Photographer - Media: One Eye on the Road. Nottingham.  UK

Email:                 tash@indymedia.org

Web:                   http://digitaljournalist.eu

Member of the National Union of Journalists [NUJ]

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"It is not enough to curse the darkness.

                                   It is also necessary to light a lamp!!"

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