Yeah, definitely got to be played right... they're asking people not to bring sleeping bags in order to try and assuage a bit of that sentiment, the idea is to set the building up as a "Bank of Ideas" and provide space for meetings, talks etc. The PR battle seems to be the main problem at the moment!wubstep wrote:One part of me was like "Fvck yeah, squat fucking everything" and another part realises they're just going to tarnish the movement as a bunch of law-breaking, filthy squatters.
(Which they already did in Bristol yesterday, "Slum City" was the headline and the story continued onto page 3 where it was adjacent to the story about The Factory of 'hardcore squatters' being evicted)
Whilst the country faces a housing crisis making it almost impossible to become a first-time buyer in cities and ever-increasing rents for those of us that are stuck "off the ladder", showing how much dormant space the banks are holding onto shines a slightly new light on the hardships different areas of society have due to the crisis. UBS were on the receiving end of billions of dollars of bailout money, but can apparently afford to sit on extremely valuable central, unused London properties.
