Sister Diana CHN writes about a planned protest in Manchester City Centre

There had been  press reports about  spikes installed by Selfridges in Manchester on a ledge at the side of their store in Manchester (only a few yards away from the Cathedral)  to prevent the homeless – and anyone else for that matter – sitting down there. A lot of people had said how outraged they felt about it.  An on-line petition was launched, attracted thousands of signatures and received coverage on national television.

A  group of clergy and others wished to make our opposition to this known in a clear but peaceful non-confrontational way. So a letter was sent to Selfridges expressing our concerns and a Sit Down was organised for  Thursday 26 Feb at 1.15 pm.

As Sr Jean and I made our way to the rendez-vous point outside the Cathedral we stopped to talk to Chris…