On Saturday 20th May around 5000 people took to
the streets of Bristol to oppose devastating education cuts.
The demonstration, organised by the National Union of
Teachers brought in people from across the local area. Tory spending plans will
see 98% of schools worse off by 2020. In Bristol that means schools will lose
more than £32m, the equivalent of 1000 teachers.
Pupils, parents and teachers alike were chanting “No ifs, no
buts, no education cuts!” Anger toward Tory cuts is rising as some schools in the
area are now sending out letters warning what the impact will be. Increasing
class sizes, shortening the school day, cutting subjects from the curriculum,
cutting support for children with additional needs and firing teachers and
other staff are all being considered to cover the huge shortfall schools will
face.
This government are willing to cause this damage the future
of a whole generation of children just to pay for tax cuts for their super-rich
friends. It’s no wonder that most people at the protest saw the need to kick
the Tories out of power in order to protect education. The Socialist Party’s
message was very well received on the demonstration and we sold over 100 copies
of the Socialist newspaper.
See below for pictures of the demonstration. See our Facebook page for more photos.
How the Bristol Post covered the demonstration.
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