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ttosca - some of the facts you state are misleading. lots of people die who are working - i imagine ex ESA applicants are just the same. My father came home from work, went to bed and died.

So many people complain about these measures, but can't seem to come up with a better solution. Countries such as Greece are broke because they've spent more than they can afford and they are having to make really bad cuts now. The labour gov caused many of these problems - spending too much when the world economic climate was good, allowing lax banking rules.

lets have some solutions please rather than just moaning.

Wow. Ttosca. You are really going to come back to the UK just to march against austerity? I'm impressed.

Haven't left the UK yet. Lived here for over a decade and half.

Facts: All figures are in the public domain and many of them are sourced under the Freedom Of Information (FOI) Act.

1. The Government ?Deficit? was £83 Billion in 2010. Despite 2 years of cuts ... the ?Deficit? has increased.

2. The major companies and corporations in the UK are sitting on reserves/profits in excess of £750 Billion.
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3. They refuse to invest because they cannot make ?a big enough profit?.

4. There is $21/£13 Trillion stashed away in Tax Havens, paying little or no tax.

5. £13 Trillion is equal to 10 times the total wealth produced in the UK annually.

6. Up to £120 billion is avoided/evaded in taxes by the corporations and the super-rich here in the UK each year ... where is the Deficit?

7. Less than 20% of the ?Austerity programme? has been implemented ... 80% more to come. NHS sell-off etc, etc.

8. It is now confirmed that 73 people die each week after they had been passed ?Fit for work? and lost their ESA (Sickness) benefit.

From January to November of 2011 ... 10,600 people who had been removed or transferred from Benefits died during that period of 11 months.

Tough choices? Fuck your choices.

I think that 'the anger' is the same fourteen posters. Luckily the marchers are laying on a whole coach, but you should be OK with three cars.

Wow. Ttosca. You are really going to come back to the UK just to march against austerity? I'm impressed.

That poster is drivel. I'm a sympathiser but I don't want crap like that promoting opposition. It says zilch.

Hells yeah!