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CAROLS AGAINST THE CUTS
M Local campaigning group, Brighton & Hove Women Against The Cuts,
entertained passers-by to Christmas carols with a difference outside Hove Town
Hall on Saturday, December 15. Gathered round a giant Christmas wish-list,
including the repeal of recent NHS legislation (opposed by the British Medical
Association and vast majority of health service professional bodies), and the
reinstatement of millions of pounds slashed from Brighton & Hove City Council’s
budget at a far higher amount per head than in neighbouring areas, the group
sang alternative words to familiar tunes to get their powerful festive message
across. Supporters and passers-by joined in to sing topical versions of
traditional favourites such as Away in a Manger:
Away in a Manger,
No houses to rent,
Our benefits capped,
Should we live in a tent,
We want a fair system
And know this makes sense,
No tax breaks for the richest,
There is no defence
The women are sending Brighton and Hove's Conservative MPs Mike
Weatherley and Simon Kirby a Christmas photo-card of the event, along with a
special Christmas parcel containing dozens of postcards previously signed at the
group’s stalls by local people opposed to the savage cuts.
Spokeswoman, Marie Atkinson, said: “Brighton & Hove Women Against The
Cuts formed in February 2011 in response to the Coalition Govern