Crashing Labour’s Party

Thousands demonstrated in Brighton on Sept 30th, the first day of the Labour Party Conference. The protest was against privatisation and other issues, with a strong anti-war focus. As the march was heading off, dozens of riot police moved into the crowd to make unprovoked ‘intelligence led’ arrests, dragging off wombles and others. A wide range of groups marched past numerous blocked streets and along the seafront. Led by a ‘carnival collective’ band, the march stuck to the agreed route and conditions, staying for around half an hour outside the conference centre.

Then on Sunday a fringe meeting for Penny Mortimer’s ‘Leave Country Sports Alone’ group was gatecrashed by blackclad anti-hunting protesters, who rudely heckled Lady Mallalieu’s speech. The police turned up and made an arrest, but the disruption was such that the meeting had to be cut short and abandoned at 8.30pm. Source: Allsorts