Angry Ealing Residents Protesting for Their Books and Beds

The demonstration attended by 80 local residents and health workers convened at 5.30pm outside the gate house, entrance to the West London Mental Health Trust, where 700 health workers jobs are under threat as part of the Tory governments £20bn in so called 'efficiency' savings.

The depth of feeling people have for the NHS, and against the actions of this government was very evident yesterday, from people attending the demo and from passers by offering their support as well.

We listened to a few speeches before setting off, this is Nick Grant NUT and Steven Ellis of Unison telling it as it is.

We marched along in front of the hospital to noisy chants of 'Andrew Lansley go to jail, the NHS is not for sale.'

A crowd of 20 demonstrators mainly local children were already outside the Hobbayne centre where the consultation on the future of Hanwell Library was taking place. The chanting changed as we reached the destination of the meeting to 'Ealing council hear us say, Libraries are here to stay.'

Yesterday witnessed what will be the beginning of the fight back in Ealing against this ideologically motivated attack on our public services from the Tory government, cuts that 'Margaret Thatcher could only dream about' as Tory MP Greg Baker described them.

The cuts maybe Thatchers dream, the fight back will be from her nightmares.