Comments on: Update on Roman House occupation; Teach out: the City’s secret finances & lobbying activities

By: occupylsx

occupylsx — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:21:22 +0000

think will take a bit more than that!

By: Barbican Investment Banker

Barbican Investment Banker — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:00:21 +0000

This article is very interesting.

I fully understand the concerns of local residents abhorrence to the presence of the Occupy protesters.

The thought of having these people roaming around the Barbican concerns me, there are children who regurlary visit the Centre, there is a school. Who would want their children to walk through a protest, or experience conflict between the Police and protesters. Have a thought for the teachers supervising 30 children in the midst of a protest. The truth here is, schools will not visit the Centre due to schools concerns with the safety of their pupils.

The departure of protesters from Roman House is welcomed, but I feel the real reasons for the departure is a deception from the truth.

The movement claim :-
“Occupy London was contacted by individual workers employed by Berkeley Homes who were concerned for their job security as it transpired they were recently employed to help renovate the building.”

Berkley Home statement was :-
“It is not safe for public use, there are holes in the floors and we are in the early stages of asbestos removal”

The thought of day to day exposure to asbestos would drive anyone out.

One other observation, the Barbican residents comments on this forum are a stark contrast to the Occupy statement:-
“Response from local residents was tremendous with some coming up to occupiers to wish them support and find out more.”

By: Emily

Emily — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:12:47 +0000

Finally someone talks some sense! I’m not a fan of vehment hatred for capitalism, it wasn’t capitalism that got us into this mess, it was cronyism and there is a huge difference.

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:25:31 +0000

It’s too easy to simply ‘blame the banks’. The cause of the recession was massive and unsustainable private debt, which brought the creditors down – i.e. the banks – and which governments decided to underwrite.

Nobody forced people to take out multiple credit cards, or to buy houses costing several hundred thousand (in your currency of choice) with 120% mortgages on interest only despite barely earning above minimum wage. Banks made this very easy for people, but the blame must be shared among all.

By: Bryan Lawrence

Bryan Lawrence — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 07:48:34 +0000

The people of Occupy certainly represent ME. When I look at what my local council, county council and national government do, I see that NONE of it is for me or my fellow citizens. It is always for the benefit of a large company of some sort. When we have a plan in place for self-build housing on ex-government land, then I MIGHT have time for our ‘leaders’. Until then, the only people with any real vision of a better quality of life is the Occupy movement. Telling them to ‘get a job’ serves no purpose whatsoever. They have jobs – informing us, the blinkered public 99%.

By: Another Barbican Resident

Another Barbican Resident — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:00:48 +0000

The source was the employees themselves, on the day before Pasha closed down, thanks to your presence and the impossibility of anyone getting to their shop for the first weeks of your so-called ‘occupation’ – i.e trespassing and fouling a beautiful part of my home City.

By: Chicken Suit

Chicken Suit — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:38:40 +0000

Don’t get distracted by ‘tittle tattle’. It is important that we challenge the authorities who are abusing their power and keeping secrets whilst proclaiming ‘transparency’. The treasury when selling the Gold, The RBS bonuses when we are ‘Shareholders’ the exploitation of the workers … Action does make small differences, intelligent words can change people.

By: James Newman

James Newman — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:11:50 +0000

“You have no idea what you are doing. You are an embarrassment to us genuine, peaceful lefties.”

I’m embarrassed by someone who calles themselves genuine and peaceful as if to suggest the rest of us in Occupy are neither. Like Simon said, If your not brave enough to do the action then you shouldn’t be insulting those who are brave enough.

“And you won’t even publish this comment, such is your commitment to “freedom”. Wimps.”

Another assumption about the occupy movement that has been proven wrong. Have you never been to an Occupy camp?

By: Pierre

Pierre — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:35:43 +0000

Oxford City Council works a lot like this, the University owns so much land and has so much influence that the city almost has a system of dual-power.

By: John

John — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 03:18:43 +0000

nice piece and we steamrolled the trolls in the comments…