{"id":5234,"date":"2011-10-09T19:53:07","date_gmt":"2011-10-09T18:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=5234"},"modified":"2011-10-09T20:05:11","modified_gmt":"2011-10-09T19:05:11","slug":"block-the-bridge-save-the-nhs-protest-westminster-bridge-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/block-the-bridge-save-the-nhs-protest-westminster-bridge-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Block the Bridge &#8211; Save the NHS protest, Westminster Bridge &#8211; photos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/photos\/protest\/images\/block-the-bridge-nhs-protest-18.jpg\" alt=\"Block the Bridge, UK Uncut action on Westminster Bridge in protest of plans to privatise the NHS. Sunday 9th October 2011, London\" width=\"580\" height=\"384\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This banner sums up how I feel about the government&#8217;s dodgy plans to embark on a policy of mass privatisation for the NHS.<\/p>\n<p>We went along to a big protest on Westminster Bridge in central London against the changes proposed in the Health and Social Care bill &#8211; a bill which featured in neither the Tories or the LibDem&#8217;s manifestos.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s some photos from the action:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/photos\/protest\/images\/block-the-bridge-nhs-protest-02.jpg\" alt=\"Block the Bridge, UK Uncut action on Westminster Bridge in protest of plans to privatise the NHS. Sunday 9th October 2011, London\" width=\"580\" height=\"384\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/photos\/protest\/images\/block-the-bridge-nhs-protest-09.jpg\" alt=\"Block the Bridge, UK Uncut action on Westminster Bridge in protest of plans to privatise the NHS. Sunday 9th October 2011, London\" width=\"580\" height=\"384\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/photos\/protest\/images\/block-the-bridge-nhs-protest-10.jpg\" alt=\"Block the Bridge, UK Uncut action on Westminster Bridge in protest of plans to privatise the NHS. Sunday 9th October 2011, London\" width=\"580\" height=\"384\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/photos\/protest\/images\/block-the-bridge-nhs-protest-15.jpg\" alt=\"Block the Bridge, UK Uncut action on Westminster Bridge in protest of plans to privatise the NHS. Sunday 9th October 2011, London\" width=\"580\" height=\"384\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/photos\/protest\/images\/block-the-bridge-nhs-protest-28.jpg\" alt=\"Block the Bridge, UK Uncut action on Westminster Bridge in protest of plans to privatise the NHS. Sunday 9th October 2011, London\" width=\"580\" height=\"384\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/photos\/protest\/images\/block-the-bridge-nhs-protest-30.jpg\" alt=\"Block the Bridge, UK Uncut action on Westminster Bridge in protest of plans to privatise the NHS. Sunday 9th October 2011, London\" width=\"580\" height=\"384\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/photos\/protest\/images\/block-the-bridge-nhs-protest-34.jpg\" alt=\"Block the Bridge, UK Uncut action on Westminster Bridge in protest of plans to privatise the NHS. Sunday 9th October 2011, London\" width=\"580\" height=\"384\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/photos\/protest\/images\/block-the-bridge-nhs-protest-40.jpg\" alt=\"Block the Bridge, UK Uncut action on Westminster Bridge in protest of plans to privatise the NHS. Sunday 9th October 2011, London\" width=\"580\" height=\"384\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/photos\/protest\/images\/block-the-bridge-nhs-protest-47.jpg\" alt=\"Block the Bridge, UK Uncut action on Westminster Bridge in protest of plans to privatise the NHS. Sunday 9th October 2011, London\" width=\"580\" height=\"384\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/photos\/protest\/images\/block-the-bridge-nhs-protest-51.jpg\" alt=\"Block the Bridge, UK Uncut action on Westminster Bridge in protest of plans to privatise the NHS. Sunday 9th October 2011, London\" width=\"580\" height=\"384\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/photos\/protest\/images\/block-the-bridge-nhs-protest-63.jpg\" alt=\"Block the Bridge, UK Uncut action on Westminster Bridge in protest of plans to privatise the NHS. Sunday 9th October 2011, London\" width=\"580\" height=\"384\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/photos\/protest\/images\/block-the-bridge-nhs-protest-64.jpg\" alt=\"Block the Bridge, UK Uncut action on Westminster Bridge in protest of plans to privatise the NHS. Sunday 9th October 2011, London\" width=\"580\" height=\"384\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Loads more photos here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/photos\/protest\/block-the-bridge-nhs-protest.html\" target=\"_blank\">Block the Bridge protest<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.net\/forums\/threads\/sun-9th-oct-2011-uk-uncut-to-shut-down-westminster-bridge-in-protest-over-nhs-bill-london.281426\/\">Discuss this action on our bulletin boards<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This banner sums up how I feel about the government&#8217;s dodgy plans to embark on a policy of mass privatisation for the NHS. 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