Fresh uproar as it’s revealed Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell will headline speeches at mass demonstration against DUP Saturday
More than 50 coaches already booked to transport marchers from across the country to London
JOHN MCDONNELL sparked fresh uproar last night after being unveiled as the star of a protest march against Theresa May’s deal with the DUP.
The Shadow Chancellor, fresh from his riot-risking call for a million to take to the streets, will headline speeches at a mass demonstration on Saturday organised by unions and the hard-left People’s Assembly.
He will be joined by leftie Broadchurch actress Julie Hesmondhalgh, who last night declared it was time for “a new society, a new way of living, the time for socialism”.
More than 50 coaches have already been booked to transport people to London from across the country.
Mr McDonnell has called for a million people to join the day of protest against the Tories.
In a message to supporters last night the Marxist Shadow Chancellor said: “The public have lost trust in Theresa May and the Conservatives.
"People are fed up with a pay freeze, poverty wages, an NHS in crisis, being shackled with lifelong debt and no secure home.
"The Tories had their chance and they’ve failed.
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NORTHERN IRELAND Secretary James Brokenshire has warned there will be "serious implications" if parties at Stormont do not agree a deal on restoring a Government by tomorrow, writes Natasha Clark.
A return to direct rule from Westminster is a possibility if an agreement is not reached by Thursday at 4.00pm.
Mr Brokenshire refused to say what alternatives may be taken if the two biggest parties - Sinn Fein and the DUP fail to come together to form a government.
Sinn Fein want the DUP to make concessions on an Irish Language Act and LGBT rights, and the DUP have urged them to "come back from the brink".
He said that "intensive engagement" in discussions had taken place in talks last night.
And he denied that a Tory-DUP deal would harm the Northern Ireland administration, after warnings were made that it could undermine the Good Friday peace agreement.
Earlier this year the Government in Northern Ireland broke down in February over a botched energy scheme that the former First Minister, Arelene Foster, oversaw when she was in charge of the energy department.
The late Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness stood down in protest over the DUP's handling of the investigation, which triggered a snap election.
Both parties have failed to reach an agreement with each other, leaving Northern Ireland without an effective government.
"It’s up to everyone of us to make sure they step aside so we can have a Government that cares for the many not the few. Join me on the People’s Assembly demonstration this Saturday.”
Today Labour will hope to win backing for their “alternative Queen’s Speech” in the Commons, which calls for an end to police and fire service cuts and lifting the one per cent public sector pay cap.
Mr Corbyn said: “Conservative cuts have failed. Labour has a different approach, which values those who look after us and will transform Britain for the many not the few.”