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Saddest email I’ve had all year:

 Hi there everyone,

I don’t know if you’ve heard the news but we’re sad to say that the Council now have a possession order for the premises.

Sorry we didn’t let everyone know details about the court case but we expected it to be adjourned as it was only scheduled for 15 minutes. The judge actually decided to bash it out there and then and although understood what goes on at Spike, he said that it was a simple matter of the Council owning the land and now they want it back.
At the beginning of the week we’d given the Council a proposal to give them 15 grand up front (non refundable), increased to 5% on valuation (also non-refundable) and the remaining within a year. They “utterly rejected” it.
So they proceeded with the court-case and now it seems we must get packing.

We’re having a small solstice gathering this Sunday evening for all those who’ve been involved in the project. Bring food (vege) and your good selves.

If you can, please take 5 minutes to send letters of protest to the press and Councillors as you see fit. Contacts are below and attached is the official press release.

We’ll be in touch.

Best wishes

SPIKE
Surplus People

www.spikesurplus.org
www.myspace.com/spikesurplus

South London Press
jennyclover@slp.co.uk

Southwark News
letters@southwarknews.org

-Leader of the Council - Nick Stanton (Lib Dem) 020 7525 7158
nicholas.stanton@southwark.gov.uk
- For communities - Adele Morris (Lib Dem) 07903 967859
adele.morris@southwark.gov.uk
- For Health & Adult Care - David Noakes (Lib Dem) 020 7231 5521
david.noakes@southwark.gov.uk
- For resources - Tim McNally 07903 967809
timothy.mcnally@southwark.gov.uk
- Lib Dem for Southwark North & Bermondsey - Simon Hughes 020 7403 2860
info@simonhughes.org.ukk
- Local MP - Harriet Harman 020 7219 4218
harmanh@parliament.uk
- Green Party - Jenny Jones 07020 967804
jenny@greensouthwark.org

-Ward Councillors (Labour - supportive) - Fiona Colley, Althea Smith, Dominic Thomcroft
fiona.colley@southwark.gov.uk, althea.smith@southwark.gov.uk, dominic.thomcroft@southwark.gov.uk

And if you want to send them to them all…
fiona.colley@southwark.gov.uk, althea.smith@southwark.gov.uk, dominic.thomcroft@southwark.gov.uk, nicholas.stanton@southwark.gov.uk, adele.morris@southwark.gov.uk, david.noakes@southwark.gov.uk, timothy.mcnally@southwark.gov.uk, info@simonhughes.org.uk, harmanh@parliament.uk, jenny@greensouthwark.org, jennyclover@slp.co.uk, letters@southwarknews.org