Squatters move into abandoned office block, and show no sign of moving on

Published: 13 September, 2012
BY SAM THOMSON

THE government has made it illegal for squatters to occupy residential properties but in an abandoned building in Holborn a group has taken up residence and shows no sign of moving on.

The four-storey office block at 24 Gray’s Inn Road was formerly a commercial property so the squatters say the new law does not affect them.
The squatters have barricaded the only entrance after police said they would be evicted.

A 21-year-old, “Liam”, said: “When I first came to London I started squatting because it is so expensive to rent and I couldn’t get shelter otherwise.

“Now I can’t sign on to housing benefit or find work because I lost all my documents in a previous squat when I was forced to leave in the middle of the night.”

Some Occupy London activists evicted from the Finsbury and St Paul’s protest camps stay at the office block. They are mostly young and many said they could not get welfare benefits so use squatter networks for shelter and support.

The 24 Gray’s Inn Road building was formerly known as Palestinian Place, a centre set up in support of Palestine.

A planning application for the building was submitted to Camden Council at the beginning of the year but no action has been taken since, and the developer could not be contacted for comment.

''...more than 800 elderly Ghanaian women are currently confined in 'witch camps' after being accused of practising magic.''

Buutu kristieshiem Eiropaa veeljoprojaam bezierunu autoritaate, arii es ar vinjaam kopaa vaariitu krupju smadzenju, sjorpionu astes un salvijas novaariijumu kautkur dzilji zem zemes.

Savukaart Togo pa to laiku...
''Women fighting for democracy in Togo, West Africa, are imposing a 'sex ban' on their husbands in a push for political reform...to persuade dictatorial President Faure Gnassingbe - whose family has ''fraudulently'' held power for decades - to resign. She hopes that by withholding sex from men, women will finally have their voices heard''

vispaar, lai cik ljoti es gribeetu, lai taa nebuutu patiesiiba - melnie cilveeki ir, vienkaarshi ir un viss.

netupii, puupeedis tupis tupelees piemiizis strupi smadzenju veezhi ir dziivojushi strautos, upees, avotos un krupjos. pareizaa atbilde? a, b vai abcd, izraadaas, ka hepatiitu vari skaitiit alfabeetaa pat liidz z un atlantiidu izfantazeeja platons maartinjam freimanim paliidzot ar taadu delikaatu un tajos laikos neapstriidami nepiecieshamu obligaaciju kaa pimpjsuukaashana un dazhreiz meedza atrast partnerus arii varaskaarumam tik nepiecieshamajai aktivitaatei - dirsaaliishanai, kam protams ir daudz Dziljaaks sakars par raimonda vakara skaabes diletantisku disiluzionistisko ideaalismu deelju papeezhos kad peles pa pagraba maisiem shkrib shkrab turp shurp, nee tomeer tikai turp, jo redz tajaa plastikaata daudzdziivoklju paartikas kalnaa zilajaa lec un pietupjaas bet vairaak tomeer lec raugi, raugi tavi draugi. lepnaa solii pazinjo - mans lepnis ir sols un celis ir celjaa uz pusmeeness paradiizi araabam zobos jeb preciizaak (preciizaak vairs nevar) vinja vienaa vieniigajaa zobaa, kursh ir kaa kaarums katram austrumu saldumu miiljotaajam - no priekshas oranzhibruuna darva, kas opija smeekjeeshanas rezultaataa kaardina visu narkomaanu hareemu, toties iekshpusee bruuni melnaa darva - no hashisha piiraadzinju eeshanas un protams arii taadas parastas nodarbes kaa piipeeshanas, luuk, kad tas zobs kritiis aaraa, tuukstoshiem tuukstoshu truukstoshu roku (bez kjermenjiem tas ir) tad njems un filtrees, kaads shnjauks, kaads piipees to sadraateeto zobu, bet paarsvaraa jau shkjidrums injekcijaam pagatavots peec chigaanu pavaargraamatas recepteem, kas Dezomorfiinu narkotiku ''Krokogjil'' ar visu sibiirijas tundru un maajas pavaarmediciinfilozofiem atstaas otrajaa vietaa, no kodeiina tableteem uzvaariitais briinums ar sho zoba extraktu buus kaa bezalkaholiskais alus, tik bruuni araabisksi toxisks buus shis jaunums - babaju zobu bums.