ANTI-CAPITALIST campaigners are set to quit their tent-city outside St Paul’s Cathedral following OccupyLSX’s defeat at the Court of Appeal today.
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OccupyLSX are to hold an open meeting at the four-month old campsite this evening, where the choice before protesters is likely to come down to either voluntarily dismantling the eye-catching tents, or waiting for them to be torn down by the authorities.
A third option, involving an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights, is thought unlikely, given the overwhelming nature of today’s Appeal Court ruling.
Refusing OccupyLSX members further appeals via the British court system, lead judge in the case, Master of the Rolls Lord Neuberger said that the camp was “substantially interfering with the public right of way and rights of those who wished to worship in the cathedral”.
Despite the legal rebuff, OccupyLSX say that St Paul’s can still remain a “central focus point” for their campaign, albeit without tents.
Once the St Paul’s area is vacated, campaigners from the camp are expected to move to other OccupyLSX sites at nearby Finsbury Square and the ‘School of Ideas’ in Featherstone Street, Islington.
