2012
Words: Jake Lewis
Waiting for the Cops at a Squat Resistance Party
On the first of September, the laws regarding squatting changed, which means it's now fully illegal to squat in residential properties. We noted the Tipp-Exed alteration to the police Bible and found a group of squatters who felt that, as they were in a commercial property, the law change wouldn't affect them and they'd be able to remain where they were, in a property near Chancery Lane tube station in London.
When we turned up to hang out with them, they told us that the police had been over 24 hours earlier to tell them they had a day to leave before they or bailiffs turned up to forcibly evict the property.
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