As I key this in, homelessness protesters are occupying an old Bank of England branch in Liverpool. They've barricaded themselves in so effectively that the bailiffs have been unable to serve a high court injunction on them. What's more, at a time when police resources are allegedly stretched to breaking point, the whole area is crawling with "Thatchers thugs in blue". Homelessness. The bedroom tax. Cuts to local authority services. Benefit sanctions. An NHS which is dying on its feet. Zero hours contracts. Workfare. Privatisation of everything which hasn't been privatised already. Just a few of the things which Thatcher's legatees have inflicted on us. I think I hear an army.
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