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AN EXCLUSIVE London neighbourhood was invaded by an “army” of police officers yesterday who put the area on clampdown, cordoning off streets to press and public so that they could turf out a group of squatters.
Bailiffs stormed the seven-floor former luxury hotel where between 40 and 50 people had staged a fortnight-long occupation.
Housing activist Danny Gardner had just been evicted from the squat when he told the Star: “They broke through windows, doors, everything.”
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When a couple moves in downstairs, gentrification begins with waffles and coffee, and proceeds via horticultural sabotage to legal action