Occupy wins eviction ruling delay
OCCUPY Edinburgh protesters have returned to court to fight eviction from The Meadows.
At the city’s Sheriff Court yesterday Fiona Reid, appearing for the city council, asked Sheriff Kathrine Mackie to grant an order evicting the “occupiers” from The Meadows.
Representing Occupy Edinburgh, William Black, asked for the case to be adjourned to allow them time to obtain legal advice. He told Sheriff Mackie that a meeting had been arranged with a lawyer next Tuesday.
The protesters, he said, wanted to know if the council had the right to evict them from public land and if it would be in breach of the European Convention on the right to protest.
Sheriff Mackie said: “It is difficult to resist the application for time to obtain legal advice about a matter which is not necessarily straight- forward.” She continued the case until next Friday.
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Troojen
Thursday, February 9, 2012 at 12:50 AMHello again, I think the correct question to ask here is how much are you really getting paid to comment on this post and reflect a bad light on things as to me and others it looks like a complete set up all voting against the act. You may think we are the laughing stock! but really you are LULZ, You have been taken for complete mugs excuse my profound language. I am a young person with a open creative mind and well respected. From various comments on here I can tell these are middle aged people that have been brought up to think everything they hear and see is correct well you be wrong. The comment about these protesters being thugs and non workers is just hideous in words I have never been to the protest but fully support and do my bit online and I also now through common sense that these teens attend UNI or College maybe some Self-employed and second they are certainly not thugs, let me tell you who are thugs though again the bankers and the cartels who import our foods and give us mind numbing media full of crap and also wage war on the people. Very famous music artist - the people who most of our youngsters look up to are members of the Illumanti naming a few Lady Gaga, Rihanna and many more. Wars are for money = profit nothing more nothing less also funded by your lovely taxes people. Terrorism is a fear hoax. The NHS will soon becoming private. So very sorry for gatecrashing this protest bashing affair but people who speak truth will also be the most Honoured. I respect you work for a living why not, we all have to but their is right from wrong and when the people let their governments trample over them this is what happens! Also for the comment who made snide remarks about Money and how the protesters use this money the banks print day in day out creating debt YES they use money HARD earned money, not CREDIT cards i.e money they do not have the ghost money, the type of money that creates debt through interest. So please all I think you should give up the act of trying to downgrade these wonderful protesters and leave it be because let's face it you have been OWNED :D
RyanJones
Monday, February 6, 2012 at 01:52 PM@Carl Williams 1 - a quick google search would answer most of your silly points and render your entire post irrelevant.
RyanJones
Monday, February 6, 2012 at 01:45 PM"We do it every day: turn up for work and pay taxes and generally keep the global capitalist scheme working. It got a billion out of poverty in the past 20 years and it'll get another billion out of it in the next 20. Camping on The Meadows bleating about it all however won't help a single person" How naive. I don't know where you are finding these figures (a billion? really?) but in the last 20 years the world population has increased by nearly 2 billion so it's really not doing a very good job, is it?
Account deleted
Monday, February 6, 2012 at 01:37 PMHow many people in this movement have jobs? Not many im guessing. And to be totally honest they have mostly themselves to blame, who would employ them? Every time i went past i saw unclean, unshaven foul mouthed thugs shouting and swearing, and that was only during the day. At night theres violence and drug abuse, why should the people who walk through and live near the meadows have to put up with this now? If they are so enraged about corporate funds polluting our society, why dont you represent yourselves in court, who is paying for your lawyer, legal aid, who pays for legal aid, the taxpayer, which the large majority of the movement dont do, pay taxes. Capitalism is the only system that over the years has worked on a consistent basis, pulling people out of poverty. Why dont you get an education, get a job and live a real life? So what if the bankers get big bonuses? Its the culture they operate in, im not saying its right, but you guys sitting about in a park lowering yourselves day in day out will do nothing, your a laughing stock with no respect from anyone you hypocrites.
A Friend of Fernando Poo
Monday, February 6, 2012 at 01:09 PM12: "We stand together to fight against tyranny"...........................................................................................................................Tyranny? You wouldn't know tyranny if you found it in your soup. Those guys being shelled in Homs today? Now *they're* fighting tyranny. The worst you guys will have to deal with is an overzealous Parks offiicial.
A Friend of Fernando Poo
Monday, February 6, 2012 at 01:07 PM11 gets on his high horse: "until the critics of the movement spouting their rhetorics on here have done anything them selves to help lift people out of poverty"........................................................................................................................... We do it every day: turn up for work and pay taxes and generally keep the global capitalist scheme working. It got a billion out of poverty in the past 20 years and it'll get another billion out of it in the next 20. Camping on The Meadows bleating about it all however won't help a single person.
A Friend of Fernando Poo
Monday, February 6, 2012 at 01:02 PM#7: Shades of the Excluded Middle in your argument I think. How about if I support denying the bankers largesse, but also kicking bleating lefties off The Meadows?
A Friend of Fernando Poo
Monday, February 6, 2012 at 01:00 PMIt'd almost be worth giving Fred his "Sir" back, just for the bleating that would come from these "protestors".
Curious Yellow
Monday, February 6, 2012 at 12:23 PMTroojen - warfarin is a rat poisin. It is also a very important blood thinning agent used medically.
CASHKING7
Monday, February 6, 2012 at 12:13 PMThere is a difference between real poverty and scroungers and until that is clearly shown then protesting for the rich to help the poor is misguided to say the least, because the majority of those classed as poor are too lazy to try and get a job, hence why there are so many eastern Europeans working here, so don't come crying on here about the poor until you differentiate between those genuinely poor and those who live off the state for their whole life. You lot are not setting a very good example, scruffy as hell and not working, breaking the law, If I had been in charge I would have burned you out of St Andrews square, you had no consideration for other people who wanted the square back to the way it was without all your political trash, tell me why did you lot open a bank account if you are so against the banks. lazy good for nothing hypocrites.
Afredo Garcia
Monday, February 6, 2012 at 12:03 PM#16 Given that we the public own 82+% of RBS it is our land just like the Meadows....
Hector the Lessor
Monday, February 6, 2012 at 07:00 AM#2 Lachie Mhor. Of course it is being funded by legal aid. The original legislation to provide some kind of security for the least in the community has been hi-jacked by civil rights lawyers, ambulance chasers, and wannabe politicians, for money reasons or a wee political earner.
Jools in Edinburgh
Sunday, February 5, 2012 at 10:41 PMGiven that RBS is the biggest villain and drain on resources in this whole affiar don't you guys think you would get more symoathy with the public if you went out and occupied their land?
adamant
Sunday, February 5, 2012 at 12:25 PMthe camp raises awareness in my opinion, even if at some points negative. corporate britain has the power, the money to advertise, the media; the protestors have a camp. you have to use what tools you got
adamant
Sunday, February 5, 2012 at 12:16 PMwe dont want your charity pal, we want the opportunity to build a future for our families and kids, thanks anyway. your right on one thing though, the camp is a small part of a much larger movement; it is very early days!
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