The Dean of St Paul's Cathedral Graeme Knowles has resigned, saying he felt his position had become untenable. (This follows Dr Giles Fraser, who stepped down as the canon chancellor last Thursday)
However the news comes as the City of London authorities ordered protesters outside St Paul's to remove their tents and equipment.
They have been ordered to clear the area within the next 48 hours, however the City of London Corporation has insisted that the protesters themselves are not being asked to leave the area.
"I totally agree with the right to protest, but when it disrupts people's lives it must stop". An oft-repeated comment on here, on the BBC and other places.
And it's utter crap. If a protest doesn't inconvenience anyone it will NEVER be reported, heard about, discussed or anything. Look at what was reported - was it the fact that people were prtesting against corruption and pandering to the bankers, or was it that people were getting in the way at a public place? The subject of the protests was barely mentioned, and only as a side-comment while people got all purple-faced about 'dole-scrounging layabouts' (or was it over-paid executives playing at protest - I forget, pmsl) cluttering up a 'national monument' (or CofE cash-cow if you prefer).
No-one has been hurt, or even more than inconvenienced, but hundreds, and I believe thousands, of people have talked about them, what they are protesting about (even if they are disagreeing they are still talking, which is a Good Thing).
i wonder what jesus would have done in the place of worship ? would he have thrown the bankers (trustees) out of the city ? or would he throw out the debt slaves ? diversions of health and safety, well heeled do gooders or not, lazy bastards and dale farm activists or not is deliberately, like the servile mainstream media does, avoiding the issues being raised by whoever the protesters are.
i thought, obviously mistakenly, that foxy initiated the thread for discussion about the issues being raised by the "occupy movement" ? perhaps i got it wrong again as i dont know what i'm talking about.
Will the UK follow their lead?
Nice to see that they were the sort of people to tidy up behind them selves!!
Shortly after the formal eviction of a lone protester at the site, a fleet of refuse vehicles accompanied by a platoon of waste collectors in orange overalls moved on to College Green.
Initially, they were searching the site for signs of drugs and needles after reports that the camp had been used for drug taking.
Then the clean-up team turned their attention to removing piles of rubbish - wooden pallets, tyres and rugs - that had been left littering the area.
Their work also involved removing the portable toilets that the city council had installed and shovelling away debris that had been left behind in the mud where the camp had once been.
About a third of College Green has been left looking like a mud bath.
now they are all off back to dale farm!!!
The next major item on the agenda is the ultimatum the group has issued to McDonalds about the company's work experience scheme, which Occupy says exploits unemployed people. The group says it will occupy one of the company's stores in central London if it does not withdraw from the government scheme by 6pm on Wednesday, 29 February. It follows a similar protest on London's Oxford Street on Saturday, in which Right To Work protesters successfully closed down a McDonalds
