Anti-austerity protesters booming loud music from Piccadilly Gardens say their rave won’t stop until the Tories leave Manchester.

The Party Protest are planning to stay in the city centre until Wednesday, or for as long as they have ‘got diesel’.

The earsplittingly loud protest has been going on since 10pm on Friday night when the group set up speakers and decks in the centre of the gardens.

Since then hundreds of revellers have joined the protest, dancing, waving flags and placards with DJs pumping loud dance music into the city centre.

At its busiest police say there were around 400 people at the organised ‘rave’.

The protesters say they hope to ‘inspire a generation’ to take a stand against government cuts ahead of the Conservative Party conference tomorrow.

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Speaking from the centre of the rave, Emma Leyla, of The Party Protest, said: “We are reaching out to a generation.

“This is a fight against austerity. We don’t want David Cameron in power for another five years so we’re go to rebel.

“We don’t want our communities to go backwards. Our children should have better opportunities than we did.

“We are here playing music to get people involved, and people are getting involved and supporting us.

“The police keep coming over and moving in but we are peaceful. We have a right to assemble, we have a reason to protest and we can do it wherever we want.

“We welcome anyone who wants to come and join in.

“There might be a few drunk people here but there are always drunk people in Piccadilly.

“This is supposed to be a festival a bit like Parklife. These young people want something that can engage them. We are reaching out to a generation of younger people. It’s about enjoying it and getting an interest in politics.

“It might but loud but it’s needed for the Prime Minister to hear us. We are sending a loud noise to the top. He needs to hear us - we’re not going to disappear, we’ll just get bigger.”

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Another protester, Danny at the protest says it’s an anti-austerity protest organised by campaigner Wesley Hall to raise awareness of homelessness in Manchester.

He says the protest has been arranged to coincide with the Conservative Party Conference.

Danny said: “Last night we had donations and a party.

“We will keep going until the Tories leave Manchester. We plan to go on until Wednesday as long as we have diesel.

“In my eyes, as a director of provocation, our city has said ‘we don’t want you here’. We’ll make as much noise as possible.”

But residents living in the apartments and flats above Piccadilly say the thumping bass music kept them awake all night and left their windows and floors shaking.

One resident, who lives above Yorkshire Bank, was woken up by loud rave music at around 1am.

He said: “It was impossible to sleep. It’s supposed to be a protest but they are just drunk and causing a nuisance.

“Even the style of music is very facetious. It’s all bass. It’s just noise for the sake of being noisy.

“I can’t believe the council would have allowed this to happen as a proper organised protest.”

Police say it has been peaceful but they have had dozens of complaints from residents and traders since the rave started at around 10pm.

Music is still blasting out today with protesters saying they will remain there during the Conservative Party conference and leave on Wednesday.

A GMP spokesperson said: “We’re working with Manchester City Council and looking at what options are available to deal with noise and any anti social behaviour.”