But more than anything they hope this election can restore their own confidence in their democracy, which has been badly shaken.
"If you've got a Sunday off and you're trying to relax in your flat and we've got a loud punk bank playing it's not going to work."It's about quality of life for the resident not just us."
Manchester City Council said a clause in the planning agreement would ensure that work would only begin when it was "satisfied that it can take place without any noise nuisance being detected in future properties".However, Mr Kostyakov, who has co-owned the venue since 2021, said there was no way to know if there would be noise issues until residents had moved in."The worry is that residents move in and the council turns round and says we have to pay for £50,000 worth of soundproofing," he said.
"Or if they say we have to be ending gigs at 10, for example, we will lose a big chunk of our income."That would basically be the end of us, we'd have to shut."
He said he was concerned the venue could end up in the same situation as Northern Quarter venue Night and Day Cafe, which was subject to a
over noise complaints in 2021.The government claims: "British holidaymakers will be able to use more eGates in Europe, ending the dreaded queues at border control."
However the text of the EU-UK agreement is less clear, only referring to the "It is unlikely any change will be implemented by the summer, travel organisation Abta told BBC Verify.
Abta believes the deal clarifies that the EU countries can offer eGates to UK nationals once a new Entry/Exit System (EES) comes into effect in October.EES is an automated IT system for registering all non-EU travellers for a short stay, each time they cross the EU's external borders.