This is a personal opinion and does not reflect the views
of Hulme Green Party or Manchester Green Party.
It seems that these are the last days of Hulme’s Birley
Fields. Though full planning permission for the proposed campus is yet to be
granted to Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) the organisation has fenced
off the fields and begun digging up some of the plant-life.
The reality of MMU’s actions has stirred an angry
reaction in the Hulme community with talk of occupying the green space in
protest.
MMU is touting itself as one of the greenest universities
in the country and I expect the new 7 building campus will push it up...