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Telegraph'Evicted'From St Paul's OCCUPY London Camp as The Mood Turns[Video 1 in 10 Tents Occupied]
Telegraph.co.uk ^ | 9:19AM BST 25 Oct 2011 | John-Paul Ford Rojas, video by Alastair Good & David Toba

Posted on 10/25/2011 11:44:08 AM PDT by fight_truth_decay

Mood turns ugly as Telegraph investigates claims that only one in ten tents is occupied at night.

The camp forced St Paul's to close for the first time since the Blitz and is costing local businesses thousands of pounds a day.

But footage shot by The Daily Telegraph on a thermal imaging camera appeared to show most of the dozens of tents in the cathedral churchyard were empty. And when the remaining protesters realised what The Telegraph was attempting to verify this, the mood turned ugly.

The site was quiet at around 12.30am with the faint smell of marijuana smoke in the air. A handful of police officers stood back on the fringes of the encampment.

One female protester said "these are our homes", to which a male fellow activist pointed out that they were not.

On Monday the revelation was described as a "charade" and pressure was growing on the church and other authorities to evict the camp.

"It is like a phantom camp – a big charade," said Matthew Richardson, a Corporation of London councillor, who is calling for action to be taken.

"It just shows that most of the people don't have the courage of their convictions and are here just to make trouble and leaving your tent here overnight is a good way to do that."

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: london; occupylondoncamp; stpauls

1 posted on 10/25/2011 11:44:17 AM PDT by fight_truth_decay
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To: fight_truth_decay

LOL a fake occupy


2 posted on 10/25/2011 11:47:37 AM PDT by molson209
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To: fight_truth_decay

Try to imagine conservatives pulling something like that.

There is no greater inequality than the equal treatment of unequals.

The next time somebody says the Tea Party and the Occupado pukes are two sides of the same coin, just ***** him right in the *****.

Not, of course, that I would ever endorse or promote the use of violence against evil scoundrels who will never cease their attacks for so long as they draw the breath of life.


3 posted on 10/25/2011 12:03:14 PM PDT by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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To: fight_truth_decay

Looks like people’s eyes are being opened.....


4 posted on 10/25/2011 12:04:28 PM PDT by Spirit of Liberty (http://www.honorflight.org/)
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To: fight_truth_decay

The whole Occupy thing is a big sham.

Nasty people scamming folks.


5 posted on 10/25/2011 12:05:48 PM PDT by dforest
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To: fight_truth_decay
"It is like a phantom camp – a big charade,"

Brit's have experience with that kind of stuff. Photobucket

6 posted on 10/25/2011 12:07:40 PM PDT by ladyvet ( I would rather have Incitatus then the asses that are in congress today.)
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To: fight_truth_decay

The tents are uprising, and just need hippies to drive their stakes.


7 posted on 10/25/2011 12:09:06 PM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: dead

Maybe it’s time to “redistribute” the empty tents to places where they are needed. Turkey, for example.


8 posted on 10/25/2011 12:16:05 PM PDT by pfony1
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To: fight_truth_decay
So are the protesters who actually stay there the Potemkin village idiots?
9 posted on 10/25/2011 12:17:23 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (Compare "Delay is preferable to error" - Thomas Jefferson // "Pass this bill now!" - Barack Obama)
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To: KarlInOhio
If u are being Paid then u have more reason to stay?
10 posted on 10/25/2011 12:51:02 PM PDT by fight_truth_decay
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To: ladyvet

So do the Russians look up Potemkin village.


11 posted on 10/25/2011 2:32:02 PM PDT by Nebr FAL owner (.308 reach out & thump someone .50 cal.Browning Machine gun reach out & crush someone)
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To: KarlInOhio

That’s a good one take to attaboys out of petty cash.


12 posted on 10/25/2011 2:35:48 PM PDT by Nebr FAL owner (.308 reach out & thump someone .50 cal.Browning Machine gun reach out & crush someone)
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