Occupy London protesters may be evicted as legal action is taken
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/880062-occupy-london-protesters-may-be-evicted-as-legal-action-is-taken-at-st-pauls-cathedral-camp
‘’ Legal action had 'regrettably become necessary' because people had refused to leave the area peacefully, according to a spokesperson for St Paul's Cathedral.’’
Well lets hope this ‘regrettable action’ doesn’t end up like the ‘regrettable evictions’ at Dale Farm. If we have scenes like that on the doorstep of St Pauls it will take more than a bit of damage limitation to recover their reputation
Just as the homeless are evicted from many parks and areas around US cities.
ReplyDeletewhat is funny is they are only evicted from areas that when the democratic elite arrive, why is that.............
ReplyDeleteThey are trying to evict all the Occupiers and I don't think they are ready to go yet. They haven't gotten their message out enough yet apparently.
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They are occupying Toronto's business district. I almost wanted to join them but it is not as easy as one two three... you're there.
We have family obligations. I am wondering, if they are working how they manage to work and occupy in our case, Bay street at the same time. If they're not going to work aren't they all going to get fired?
lol.
Erica asks some good questions. In many cases the occupiers do have jobs and are taking part during the times they are not at work. Or they may not have jobs at all orr part time jobs. I took part on a brief basis, stopped in my little towns Occupy and merged with the people there. Lots of people do that. So the crowd may be changing - the numbers are high but the individuals rotate.
ReplyDeleteI think Bennett has it right; these protesters are not always the same people every day, some are working, some are not, some work part time and some work shifts. Also at this time the UK unemployment rate stands at over 8% which may seem relatively low but, the unemployment calculation is based on those entitled to claim unemployment benefit not those actually looking for work, this means the numbers of those out of work is actually much higher than 8%. Unemployment is regional, the rate for the UK overall is 8%+ but there are some boroughs in London where the official unemployment rate is twice this, so the actual unemployment rate in these boroughs is much much more. This leaves a whole lot of people free to demonstrate. I watched an interview with one of the protesters who said he and his friend were both unemployed and took it in turns to leave the demonstration to go to an internet cafe to apply for jobs online. Applying for work, and having proof that you have applied, is a condition of receiving unemployment benefit.
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