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Late September, summershine,
fifty thousand pair of feet
hit the streets of Manchester;
Assembly of the People
come to call on Cameron.
Come to cry, come to shout,
from Inverness to Somerset.
Fifty thousand mouths assault
the air in Oxford Road,
to stop the cuts today, to say
We did not give permission to sell the Welfare State.
The ...
Wednesday 2nd October 2013 10:52 am
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