Always thinking about what they can get.

The best thing for Oxford was the preservation of mature trees and the respect for the dead.

Neither of which had a hope in hell compared to what an unnamed few could get.

In the UK we all have the right to a freedom of speech! And long may that remain the case!

Many may not agree with this form of protest but at least he was brave enough to stand up and be counted.

Perhaps if more of us had the courage to stand up and question decisions made on our behalf we would not be in the mess we now find ourselves in. And that includes fighting a war in Afghanistan, who has any idea why we are there? risking the lives of our soldiers. And trying to sort out the trouble we caused invading Iraq looking for weapons of mass destruction, not finding any, then deciding that regime change was the real reason for invasion! Do the Government really believe we are that stupid not to remember?

We find billions to fight useless wars but cannot find the funds to improve hospitals and the UK infrastructure!

Who are the real criminals that should be up in front of a judge? this lone protestor or the PM and the Labour Government?

You decide.

As for the protest - Well done! You had the guts to disagree!

Not even an asbo, or has he already got too many of them?

True that he would never be able to pay even a £10 fine, but how about some community service to repay a bit of the council tax payers' money he wasted?

I hate it how tramps get more rights than people

Chief Insp Jack Malhi said police did not have enough witness statements to charge Mr Chamberlain

What an absolute joke. The police arrested him in the act of trespassing! If I rob a bank in the middle of the night and the only people that see me do it are the police, can I get away scott free too?

does this homeless boy claim any kind of benifits ? if so he has be unavalible for work all that time and should be striped of any thing he claims. im sick to the back teeth of these wasters in oxford! If he's got the nuts, join the Mariens and go do a worth while job or is his just a pathetice mummy boy poncing off the tax payer.

What more can be said?

Another waste of Poll Tax/Income Tax income.

Who makes these obvious and totally incorrect decisions?

Never mind; only the odd few thousands of pounds wasted by the OCC;

Nothing changes!

See you at the DSS Office to claim !

How about a painful , and soul destroying punishment....make him have a shower using soap.

how can this waste of space possibly think he should be aloud an opinion like everyone else.
the only people whos opinions count for anything and should be able to protest are the people who CONTRIBUTE to the society there protesting about. if this bum put as much effort into getting off his arse to get a job he would probably do very well!!

Carefull with the soap,i suggested the Greens spokesman for his own company use some and the post vanished.

So who owns the square now?

There was no end of voluntary testimony to it's previously existing usage.

Did they pull a fast one and there was no oversight?

Is this the drug dealer who had trained his dogs to bite the genitals of policemen? No harmless tree-hugger this one.

Never mind the usual Leftie/ liberals who leap to defend any reactionary 'anti- establishment' dog-on-a-string type who protests against anything they don't agree with and were too stoned to challenge democratically, lets look at the facts:

Unemployed Gabriel Chamberlain, with previous convictions for car thft and burglary of Oxford residents, decides to delay work on improving a dirty hang out for other lowlife so residents and vistors to Oxford can enjoy the area without being intimidated/ abused by some p*ssed wino or sh*t on by a pigeon above.

Part of these plans involve removing FOUR trees which are only around 30 years old, and replacing them with SEVEN new trees.

Twelve days and £12,000 that can't be spent on community projects, facilities and improvemnets later, Mr Chamberlain comes down (presumably to his previously chaotic and socially damaging life), the work recommences and the new trees are planted.

No icebergs have melted to flood the Westgate and Cornmarket hasn't silted up due to erosion caused by the deforestation of Bonn Square.

People like Mr Chamberlain don't deserve any 'recognition' other than they are complete ar*es.

DanOxford wrote:
Never mind the usual Leftie/ liberals who leap to defend any reactionary 'anti- establishment' dog-on-a-string type who protests against anything they don't agree with and were too stoned to challenge democratically, lets look at the facts: Unemployed Gabriel Chamberlain, with previous convictions for car thft and burglary of Oxford residents, decides to delay work on improving a dirty hang out for other lowlife so residents and vistors to Oxford can enjoy the area without being intimidated/ abused by some p*ssed wino or sh*t on by a pigeon above. Part of these plans involve removing FOUR trees which are only around 30 years old, and replacing them with SEVEN new trees. Twelve days and £12,000 that can't be spent on community projects, facilities and improvemnets later, Mr Chamberlain comes down (presumably to his previously chaotic and socially damaging life), the work recommences and the new trees are planted. No icebergs have melted to flood the Westgate and Cornmarket hasn't silted up due to erosion caused by the deforestation of Bonn Square. People like Mr Chamberlain don't deserve any 'recognition' other than they are complete ar*es.

Amen to this DanOxford - this area of the city has been a total eyesore and it needed smartening up so that it can be a place for everyone in Oxford to enjoy, not just the ungrateful eliment the leftie do-gooders seem to think deserve anything they get at our expense.

DanOxford wrote:
Never mind the usual Leftie/ liberals who leap to defend any reactionary 'anti- establishment' dog-on-a-string type who protests against anything they don't agree with and were too stoned to challenge democratically, lets look at the facts: Unemployed Gabriel Chamberlain, with previous convictions for car thft and burglary of Oxford residents, decides to delay work on improving a dirty hang out for other lowlife so residents and vistors to Oxford can enjoy the area without being intimidated/ abused by some p*ssed wino or sh*t on by a pigeon above. Part of these plans involve removing FOUR trees which are only around 30 years old, and replacing them with SEVEN new trees. Twelve days and £12,000 that can't be spent on community projects, facilities and improvemnets later, Mr Chamberlain comes down (presumably to his previously chaotic and socially damaging life), the work recommences and the new trees are planted. No icebergs have melted to flood the Westgate and Cornmarket hasn't silted up due to erosion caused by the deforestation of Bonn Square. People like Mr Chamberlain don't deserve any 'recognition' other than they are complete ar*es.

This is pretty dull work, but I suppose I should do it, for the sake of DanOxford and people who have to read his drivel. The council chopped down eight trees - a lime, two sycamores, three ailanthus and two yews.

These will initially be replaced by seven locust trees, which will be thinned out when they grow.

More significantly there were three large mature trees in Bonn Square - the council have destroyed them all, and will not replace them.

That is why so many people protested.

Tarbatt wrote:

DanOxford wrote: Never mind the usual Leftie/ liberals who leap to defend any reactionary 'anti- establishment' dog-on-a-string type who protests against anything they don't agree with and were too stoned to challenge democratically, lets look at the facts: Unemployed Gabriel Chamberlain, with previous convictions for car thft and burglary of Oxford residents, decides to delay work on improving a dirty hang out for other lowlife so residents and vistors to Oxford can enjoy the area without being intimidated/ abused by some p*ssed wino or sh*t on by a pigeon above. Part of these plans involve removing FOUR trees which are only around 30 years old, and replacing them with SEVEN new trees. Twelve days and £12,000 that can't be spent on community projects, facilities and improvemnets later, Mr Chamberlain comes down (presumably to his previously chaotic and socially damaging life), the work recommences and the new trees are planted. No icebergs have melted to flood the Westgate and Cornmarket hasn't silted up due to erosion caused by the deforestation of Bonn Square. People like Mr Chamberlain don't deserve any 'recognition' other than they are complete ar*es.

This is pretty dull work, but I suppose I should do it, for the sake of DanOxford and people who have to read his drivel. The council chopped down eight trees - a lime, two sycamores, three ailanthus and two yews. These will initially be replaced by seven locust trees, which will be thinned out when they grow. More significantly there were three large mature trees in Bonn Square - the council have destroyed them all, and will not replace them. That is why so many people protested.

Oh I take it all back!

You've convinced me that the wicked, evil Council, hell- bent on destroying all that is green and good in Oxford, can only be stopped by benefit- dependent soap dodgers who show their solidarity with the people of Oxford by stealing their cars, burgling their homes and preventing decent shopping facilities.

Why- it's all so obvious now.

What is all this about soap anyway? I've met loads of toffs who stink too. Maybe there is a deeper issue here - who uses the most soap! Can we discuss that instead becuase DanOxford is making me feel sleepy with his everyday postings about leffties. Any new arguments for us Dan, we are fed up of the dull anti-left stuff now.

Speaking of trees - those nice London Planes along the road bordering the Westgate car park, which were cut down and pulverised as part of the extension of the Westgate Centre; well, as we're not going to have a redevelopment, can we have them back please?

Oddly, they were cut down before planning was officially granted. They must have been psychic!

Is this sort of thing decided in the Council Chambers or in the Freemason's Lodge at 333 Banbury Road?

http://www.oxfordshi
remasons.org.uk/masc
entres/oxford.htm

L wrote:
Not even an asbo, or has he already got too many of them? True that he would never be able to pay even a £10 fine, but how about some community service to repay a bit of the council tax payers' money he wasted? I hate it how tramps get more rights than people

last time i checked, tramps are people to

I don't normally approve of this sort of protest, however there are far too many trees being cut down. Redevelopment plans should be made to work around trees - mature trees are one of a city's greatest assets. Those trees can't be replaced within out lifetimes.

Just a point about trespass. It's not a crime in this country. To be arrested or prosecuted, you have to be guilty of aggravated trespass, and the police would need witness statements to prove that it was aggravated. There was no need to waste police resources on this. They could have left him to it and gone to catch some real criminals.

Section 68 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (CJA) defines the offence as follows:
A person commits aggravated trespass if he trespasses on land with the intention of disrupting, or intimidating those taking part in, lawful activity taking place on that or adjacent land.

Gabriel himself stated in several interviews that his intention was to disrupt the redevelopment - that is, to disrupt the lawful activity taking place in Bonn Square.

And Gabriel Chamberlain IS a real criminal - just search for his name and the word "burglary" or "theft"!

Section 68 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (CJA) defines the offence as follows:
A person commits aggravated trespass if he trespasses on land with the intention of disrupting, or intimidating those taking part in, lawful activity taking place on that or adjacent land.

Gabriel himself stated in several interviews that his intention was to disrupt the redevelopment - that is, to disrupt the lawful activity taking place in Bonn Square.

And Gabriel Chamberlain IS a real criminal - just search for his name and the word "burglary" or "theft"!

So who pays the 12,000 quid? Why wasn't he fined? you cannot fine him let him off just because you will be chasing up the money! this copper should be sacked!

He is the best of you.