Why Did The British Government Send Snipers To A Peaceful Protest?

Why Did The British Government Send Snipers To A Peaceful Protest?

OCTOBER 9, 2015
By Sophie McAdam

In a move that would have been unthinkable ten years ago, police snipers were spotted on the rooftops of Manchester last weekend as thousands of people marched through the streets to protest against the Conservative government.

A week of action was organized by community groups to coincide with David Cameron’s ‘Tory’ party conference which took place in Manchester between 3rd-7th October. This included a large demonstration last Sunday, where an estimated 85,000 British citizens gathered in the city to show their anger at the Tories and everything they stand for. Our sources claim that some agent provocateurs were present to cause trouble and ensure negative coverage of the event. Those entering the conference were called ‘Scum’; many were spat on and several eggs were thrown at politicians and journalists. However, taking into account such a large attendance, the protest was very peaceful on the whole.

For their own personal safety, Conservative party members were warned not to show their conference passes when walking around Manchester (a sign of just how hated are they are). A large proportion of British people are furious that the Tories were swept to power last May for a second term despite the fact that 75% did not vote for them. Protesters are therefore calling for an urgent reform of our undemocratic ‘first past the post’ electoral system, in addition to showing their strong opposition to Tory plans to renew Trident, our nuclear warhead: this is going to cost taxpayers £500 million, at a time when homelessness in Manchester has risen by 150% due to the Conservative party’s inhumane cuts to welfare payments.



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