Humour, anger and a distinct bacon flavour at workers’ anti-Tory rally

John Ranson
7th October 2015

As the Conservatives gathered for their conference in Manchester, tens of thousands of workers, students, children, pensioners and others took to the streets to send them a message:

Some expressed themselves through typical British understatement:

There was clearly irritation:

The Tories are radicalising sectors not normally known for their militancy:

Some proposed drastic measures:

While others were more concilliatory (maybe to a fault…)

I can only imagine what kind of school dinner thievery was going through this girl’s mind:

Of course there were serious issues driving people to turn out. The anti-fracking Nannas brought their mops:

Junior doctors stood up for the NHS (well, the ones that weren’t on call anyway):

And some people were able to get their point across even though they couldn’t be there in person:

As ever, there was a chance to learn new things. This is unbelievable but true:

But yes, predictably, there were pigs. Pigs everywhere:

All photos copyright the author John Ranson

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