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22 May 2019
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Vol 26 l Issue 21
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PROTESTS AT VISIT OF FAR RIGHT ACTIVIST
Tommy Robinson at his Bootle rally
An Asda volunteer helps fill the planters
Community volunteers brighten up Strand Road COMMUNITY volunteers have been doing their bit to brighten up Bootle after placing planters on Strand Road. Bootle Action Group teamed up with nearby Asda and SAFE Regeneration to carry out the work on the busy road, placing the wooden planters on the pavement before filling them with compost. Michael Brennan from Bootle Action Group said: “The day started with myself and Mike from SAFE, who made the planters, transporting them to Strand Road. “They weighed an absolute tonne even before the compost! I was then joined by Colette from Asda who helped fill them. Myself and Collette then set about giving the pavement a good brush and shovel, clearing the weeds from around the sycamore tree, and cutting back a large bush next to the railway bridge. “We are all really pleased with how they look and by early June the planters will be filled with plants.”
threatened with arrest. The tone for the weekend A HUGE police presence greeted protesters appeared to be set by Jeremy Corbyn, who said Report by Tom Martin who turned up to voice their anger at the during his speech: “Years of neglect of our comarrival of a far right activist in Bootle on munities has opened the door to the far right. Sunday. “When the far right comes to our streets seeking were ‘protecting the rights of fascists’. At one Hundreds of people converged on the town to point he also claimed that during heated to turn neighbours against each other, we stand vent their dismay at a rally, held near Derby Road, exchanges between the rival factions, he was together against them. Cont. inside for controversial former English Defence League leader Tommy Robinson. His arrival in Bootle came just 24 hours after a visit to the town by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn who addressed supporters in Derby Park ahead of the European Elections tomorrow (Thursday). The following day (Sunday, May 19) there were angry scenes when Tommy Robinson, who is standing in the Euro elections representing ‘Tommy Robinsom’ spoke to his supporters. More than 50 police officers and riot vans had to separate his followers with protesters. Bootle MP, Peter Dowd, who joined the demonstration, criticised Merseyside Police claiming they The large police presence in Bootle for Tommy Robinson's visit
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