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Why I painted 'the north is not a petri dish' on Manchester's 'Berlin Wall'
Councillor SAM WHEELER spoke to the person responsible for the graffiti slogan that went viral about poverty under Covid-19, Tory iniquity and the legacy of austerity
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KIERA MARSHALL says there is a gulf between the privileged circles in which most politicians move and the lives of working-class youth in left-behind estates – and as a newly elected Senedd member she’s determined to do something about it
So Elias, could you give us a bit about your background?
I’m from East Manchester and am now a student at one of the universities. I’ve grown up under austerity and seen the effects of it on myself and my family. Cuts, particularly around health and social care have had a massive personal impact on me.
I spend a lot of my time being angry, but I also try and do community work on different projects. It keeps me mostly sane. I still feel powerless to address much of the poverty you see just walking around the city centre though.
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