Lambeth Cops Smash Free Food Racket!

Brave Lambeth bobbies smashed a ‘free food’ racket operating yards from Brixton Town Hall. The sinister group who call themselves the “Reclaim Your Food” collective were seen blatantly distributing vegan food and had the gall to not even charge for the so-called health food.

Supermarket chiefs in the area claimed this was unaccpetable, undemocratic and uncapitalist and praised the courage of LX 412 and LX 582 who went beyond the call of duty and possibly legality to shut these dangerous anti-social menaces down.

Firstly they threatened to use Health & Safety legislation, concerned that the ‘evil’ anarchists were attempting to poison the needy in Brixton. After realising that this was, frankly, a load of fucking nonsense, the intrepid pair called for back up and issued a dispersal order citing anti-social behaviour.

One senior officer told us:

“People in Brixton are sick to the back teeth of this kind of thing. First it was crack, then heroin, but we believe free vegan food could be the most dangerous scourge yet to hit the streets of Lambeth.

There is a Mcdonalds and several fast food outlets in Brixton, if this poisonous trade is allowed to continue then they will only have themselves to blame when the supermarkets close and Mcdonalds shut up shop for good. These people sem hell-bent on destroying everything we have achieved in this dangerous part of the country.”

The activists have vowed to be back, possibly in greater numbers. Meet this Sunday, around 2/3 pm in Brixton Town Square to offer support.

Reclaim the Love

It would be easy to be cynical, but we won’t be. Since we had to go into town anyway (that’s our excuse) we decided to call in on the fifth annual Reclaim the Love celebrations being held in Piccadilly Circus today.

Okay, we admit it, we’ve got some hippy friends and it was good to see some old faces. So with love in our hearts here’s a whole load of pics for the hippies.

(just don’t trust ‘em!)

hmm, dilemmas, should we/shouldn’t post this next one. Fuck it, if folk wanna shake hands with the enemy they can’t complain when some fucker takes a pic:

New Hackney Social Centre

A new social centre for Hackney opened it’s doors this week and the first meeting is being held today (Sun 17th Feb) at 3pm. Get down to 231 Lower Clapton Road, Hackney.

Meanwhile you can stay updated at http://www.hackneysocialcentre.blogspot.com
(pic from indymedia)

Vote Boris!

How the void ended up on the Tory Party mailing list is a bit of a mystery, but not one we’ll give much thought to.

It did allow us to receive this following document outlining what Boris Johnson intends to do in the unlikely event he becomes London Mayor … it makes for interesting reading.

Chaps

Policies, you asked, we got ‘em, here we go, hold tight.

Right, crime … yes … well what can I say, crime’s bad, really bad, Boris is here, intend to sort it out.

Not corporate crime of course, no, that’s bad too? really? yes, but nothing that can’t be sorted out eh, two chaps, glass of port, cigars, nothing to get upset over.

No, real crime, the crime poor people do, put an end to it, understand, me and you, have a go heros, Londoners united.

So when I’m mayor, it will be, well, let me think, no more knives, or guns, well except for hunting, and shooting piccaninnies, what, that’s bad too?, political correctness gone mad, well ok, no more shooting piccaninnies, well at least in London, for a while, ’til I’m elected.

So yes, no more guns, more stop and search of black people, should wipe off the watermelon smiles, what, racism?, nonsense, more stop and search of muslims as well then, and poles, moroccans, in fact anyone who looks poor, just lock them up, that’s it, more jails, shoot piccaninnies, stop and search and what, let’s think, bring back hanging, sharia law anyone, well perhaps the stoning, who knows, think out of the box, multi-culturalism.

More police, lots more, everywhere, with guns, did I say stop and search .. yes.. well more stop and search, ‘specially blacks. Leadership in the police, me in charge, jobs for the boys, absolutely, chaps from proper schools running the show, not polytechnic pinkos, strong leadership, Margaret Thatcher, Hitler, workcamps, should teach them a thing or two.

LDA fund youth projects, teach them skills, shoe-shining, butlers, need more servants, black kids .. domestic sevice .. racist, not at all, just common sense, Lee Jasper, not a chance, more funding for Henley Regatta, carnival, ban it, violent, loud music, can’t dance to that.

So, where were we? yes, victims of sex attacks, more support … are you sure? how’d that get in? feminists, piss off, women voters?, well yes then, rapists, balls cut off, string ‘em up, paedos on every corner, satisfied, good.

So that’s me, to summarise, fare-dodgers, shot on sight, London, very important, lots of rich people, drugs, don’t mention them, bit of the old white stuff, fine, if you can afford it, city types and the like, no problem, poor people, lock ‘em up, not enough prisons, bring back the workhouse, me in charge, public hangings, guns for the rich, chelsea tractors, free for the rich, scrap buses, make the bastards walk.

London, leading world city, financial centre, fuck the poor, vote for Boris.

Thank you, now who’s up for a Pimms?

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London Free List

The void laments the closure of the London Free List website which promoted free and nearly free events across the capital.

We’ll be publishing a guide to free London festivals as the season draws nearer. Please send any details to thevoidblog (@) yahoo.co.uk

STOP PRESS!!!!!!!!!! – Monday Sept 8th 2008

“It may have been quiet in the void but that doesn’t mean we haven’t been busy.  the void is moderately proud to announce http://freelondonlistings.co.uk is now live.”

Where’s the love?

Hippies, peaceniks and sambistas will be decending on bemused Soho tourists for the annual Reclaim the Love party on Saturday.

No cynicism allowed folks, it’s time to reclaim joy, hope and humanity by dressing up a bit silly and hanging out by the Statue of Eros. Bring back the punks we reckon!

If anyone wants us we’ll be setting fire to the bins at the back of Planet Hollywood.*

*this is obviously a joke Mr IP Address 212.137.45/pnn.police.uk

Reclaim the love

all coppers are bastards

The Guantánamo Files

With the news that six of the men held in Guantanamo Bay are about to face a stitch up military trial now seems as good a time as any to give this book a belated plug.

Andy Worthington wrote the comprehensive account of the Battle of the Beanfield which is well worth a read and was reviewed on this very blog.

In the ‘Guantánamo Files’ Worthington tells the story of each of the 774 detainees in America’s illegal prison.

You can order a copy at http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/

3 Little Pigs

Guido has introduced a new pig in shit rating for corrupt politicians which ain’t a bad idea so we’ve stolen it.

Guido categorises his pigs in the following way:
Tory Party MP, drinking partner, source, old school tie, potential advertiser
Tory MP who’s so bad we have to include or be accused of bias, liberal types, Ukippers, Labour MP’s who’ve bought Guido a drink at some point.
Godless communists, gayers, trade unionists, most Labour Party MPs, Tim Ireland.

Our rankings will apply to old void mates the boys in blue:

Bog standard donut muncher, wannabe liberal cops, the good cop in the good cop/bad cop routine, Inspector Morse, Dixon of Dock Green

DCI Hunt, hands in the till, racist, class traitors, taking out penile size issues on members of the public types, the entire cast of the bill
FIT Teams, TSG, murdering fucking scumbags, BNP supporting Police Federation scabs, the four cunts who stopped and searched me earlier today for no good reason, the tossers going round shooting people running for trains, Sir Ian Blair

Obviously most coppers will fall into the third category.

6 Million Dead – The New Holocaust?

As of February 2008 the most recent analysis of UNICEF data points to anywhere between 3.3-6.6 million post-invasion excess deaths (avoidable deaths) in Afghanistan.

This breaks down into non-violent excess deaths running at 3.2 million and violent deaths potentially at 3.3 million.

Afghanistan has a population of around 25 million.

3000 people died in the 9/11 attacks. Each life has therefore been avenged with the blood of two thousand people.

A proportionate and measured response …

or genocide?