WTO Tug Of War

Campaigners from World Development Movement and People and Planet staged a ‘tug of war’ outside the North East’s Government Office, Wellbar House, Newcastle on March 20th to represent the potential WTO trade agreement that threatens poor nations as well as local public services in the UK.

Tuggers dressed as obese, cigar smoking business types competed against ordinary service workers and people from developing countries. Government officials were asked to take sides in a blatantly rigged situation. ‘We all rely on clean water, health, education and public transport and like the tug of war this agreement is rigged in favour of multinational companies’ claimed one tugger.