Thousands take to streets protesting 'ratbag's Bedroom Tax

March 31, 2013 Demonstrations took place across the UK over the holiday weekend, echoing the message personally delivered to at a -sponsored talk last week. Chants of "Axe, axe, axe the bedroom tax" could be clearly heard throughout Edinburgh's demonstration. At the end of his minute-long tirade at the, Willie Black labelled Duncan Smith a "ratbag"; several people turned up with this printed on their tee shirts. Wikinews photographed the march from Edinburgh's St. Andrew's Square to the. Various estimates put the number in-attendance between 1,200 and 1,600.

Other protests took place in London, with an estimated 1,000 at Trafalgar Square and Downing street. Glasgow saw around 2,500 take to the streets. Those demonstrating equated the package of changes that see benefit rises at a below-inflation 1%, and housing benefit cut by 14% for those with one spare room, 25% if they have two or more spare rooms, with the which saw  during  time as Prime Minister.

Head of the UK's David Orr commented: "It's bad policy, it's bad economics, it's bad for hundreds of thousands of ordinary people whose lives will be made difficult for no benefit &mdash; and I think it's about to become profoundly bad politics."

With the policy coming into effect now, protesters are intent on a "can't pay, won't pay" civil disobedience campaign.