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The man whose heckle kick-started the process that led to the new Hillsborough inquests said his decision to stand in the local elections came about after he realised the impact one voice can have.

Roy Dixon told the ECHO of his determination to stand up to the cuts being imposed on the city after being selected as The Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) candidate for the Belle Vale ward in next month’s city council elections.

The former city council worker, who previously stood for election in Kensington in the early 90s, said: “You either sit down, moan about it and carry on, or get up off your backside and think, ‘you know what, I’m going to have a go’.

“I decided that’s what I was going to do. Win, lose or draw, at least I have had a go. A hundred other people might think ‘I’ll have a go next time’.”

The 57-year-old from Childwall was the first person to heckle the then-culture secretary Andy Burnham at the 20th anniversary of the disaster in 2009, which led to the then Labour government launching a fresh review into the disaster.

He said today: “What happened that day shows you that one voice in the crowd can make all the difference. If one voice can make that much difference, imagine 1,000 voices. That’s what I’m hoping here, that it can have a knock-on effect and people realise there is an alternative.”

Mr Dixon will go up against current Labour councillor Pauline Walton, who is seeking re-election, with candidates also being fielded in the ward by the Liberal, Green, UKIP and Conservative parties.

The 57-year-old from Childwall said he had decided to stand after seeing the impact the Bedroom Tax and the cuts has had in the Belle Vale ward, adding: “I’ve done a lot with the TUSC over the last few years, especially around the Bedroom Tax. On this estate people have felt it hard. Now the Childwall Boys Club, that we knew as the ‘Boysie’ growing up, is closing after 40-odd years.

“What is there left for young people, for the elderly? When that place closes, what’s going to happen? I don’t believe Labour are a party of the people, of the workers. We’re the only alternative totally opposed to cuts and if I was voted in I would be taking a stand against those people making the cuts.

“Enough is enough.”

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