I could get in to an argument with you, J, but you seem to be accusing me of disrespect towards the Sally Army when I have nothing but respect for what they do; just saying that they are far from being the absolute solution to the housing problem, and like all charities, offer a temporary but not permanent solution. Is it that these squatters are explicitly political that makes you trust the SA but not them, when they are in effect proclaiming to do the same thing?

The whole thing is f*cking sickening, and I hope some brave journalist confronts the Met and whoever sent in the bailiffs and asks them what f*cking right they have to evict these people. You know, on Black Friday people were physically assaulting each other for the latest piece of tech. I mean genuinely grabbing like animals, meanwhile the police did sweet FA and the media covered it with a sort of elevated amusement at the filthy proles participating in such tribal acts of aggro. Yet here are a few likeminded activists willing to give up their Christmas by attempting to feed and house homeless people in a building that's been unoccupied for A YEAR AND A HALF, and within hours you have bailiffs, police etc. knocking at their door demanding that they leave. They abided by squatters' regulation as they didn't break and enter, they haven't knowingly been found to be doing anything illegal, yet all of a sudden an 'emergency high court ruling' is brandished and they're f*cked. Now the building can remain in peace and quiet over Christmas, rotting in its own vacancy, while hundreds across the capital sleep rough in freezing conditions without food or company this Christmas. It's a f*cking joke.

If a building is left empty long-term and the owner has consciously neglected the place and there are homeless on the streets nearby then I think it is entirely reasonable for those without a roof to enter that building to stay warm and dry.