‘It’s a massive smokescreen’: Manchester legend Bez slams EU referendum and ‘vile hate’
Manchester icon and political activist Bez believes British people are being fooled into thinking they have a democratic voice by Thursday’s EU referendum.
‘It’s a stitch-up!’: Manchester petition aiming to end trade deal ‘corporate takeover’
A Manchester activist has warned that the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) will mean the ‘knackering [of] democracy’, as Global Justice leads a campaign in the city against it.
Transatlantic trade deals are ‘sewing seeds for all sorts of evil’, says Manchester activist
Social justice campaigners are stopping in Manchester on their UK wide tour to warn the nation about the perils of the forthcoming bilateral trade agreements between the US and Europe.
Scores to take to Manchester streets in protest at ‘secret’ US-EU trade deal
The campaigners, led by members of the non-party campaign group 38 Degrees Manchester, are meeting to talk to passers by, share information, and collect support for an petition against the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).
Save the NHS, stop TTIP: Manchester campaigners tell Cameron ‘block trade deal’
Voters in the south Manchester constituency have erected ‘Cameron & Hunt’ estate agency-style boards outside their homes, calling on David Cameron and Jeremy Hunt to use their veto powers to remove the NHS from the TTIP trade deal.
US-EU trade deals are ‘biggest threat to democracy’, says Manchester Green hopeful
Manchester Central’s Green Party candidate has spoken of the threat posed to the sovereignty of the United Kingdom by Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnerships (TTIPs).
Good for who? Cameron ‘not telling full story’ over G20 transatlantic trade proposal
Prime Minister David Cameron’s comments on the proposed EU-US trade partnership after the G20 summit are under attack from a Manchester University politics lecturer