Saturday 10th September 2011

12.30am Nottm Un-cut protestors gathered outside the central library in Nottingham.

From there, they progressed along a now well-trodden path to the Vodafone store in Clumber street, a very regular destination. Taking a tour around the city centre, people protested outside the NatWest Bank in the Market Square and onto another Vodafone store.

Up to this point, the protest was monitored by a single Community Protection Officer. However, on arriving at TopShop in Lister Gate, people entered the shop with banners to complain about the tax avoidance of the company. A security guard there was quite unpleasent and manhandled me. I was even interfered with while on the street outside! I have complained and police later attended.

On a lighter note, a bunch of ladies dressed as crayons passing by  came to join us:-)  Splendid!!

Onwards to Burton / Dorothy Perkins store near the Market Square. People were now met with a very large police presence for the size of the protest. Assorted threats of arrest were made.

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

Cuts campaigners @ HSBC Vodafone Virgin & the rest

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

Street party against business, banks, service cuts

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

Notts Uncut: Tour of Tax Avoiders

http://nottingham.indymedia.org/articles/1995

 ..... and many more! This is quite a regular gig.

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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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