The protest has been organised by several local groups including Save Newcastle Libraries, the Walker Action Group and the Anti-Cuts Network.

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The singer and songwriter Scott Walker was one-third of the sixties British pop group the Walker Brothers, who were not British, not brothers, and not really named Walker (Scott was born in Ohio, as Noel Scott Engel).

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Mr Walker added the group decided to "call everyone's bluff" and call in PWC in a attempt to rekindle negotiations.

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