In response to demands for Windsor police to forcibly clear the streets of homeless people in a despicable and callous attempt to ‘clean up’ the area’s image before the royal wedding, we are planning to give the establishment a well-deserved taste of their own medicine, whilst simultaneously drawing worldwide attention towards Britain’s homelessness epidemic.

One of the more insidious and visible consequences of the past decade of ideologically-motivated austerity measures has been the drastic increase in homelessness.

Over the recent festive period, heartbreaking, damning images depicting throngs of homeless people huddled together for warmth and support were disseminated on social media. The pictures starkly illustrated how homelessness in the UK has risen to crisis levels.

Then, to kick off the new year, Simon Dudley, the Conservative Council leader in the Royal Borough of Windsor, ordered police to start forcibly removing all homeless people from the area in time for the royal wedding in May.

How wonderful and poignant a protest against homelessness and wealth disparity would it be if we all demonstrated against this despicable slur by gathering as many people from across Britain who are affected by, or outraged at the despicable level of homelessness, to line the royal wedding route to protest, sleeping bags and cardboard placards in hand.

It truly would be an event for the history books.

Imagine us lining the route in front of cameras from across the world; crowds of essentially poverty-stricken people, standing out to line the royal wedding route, made all the more obvious in contrast to the grotesque wealth and pomp that passes us by.

The rolling BBC coverage would force the exposure of an issue the establishment normally refuses to acknowledge. It would be on show for the whole world to see.

This protest is for the many who have, and continue to suffer homelessness and poverty, as well as a demonstration of the immense wealth divide extant in our country.

The ubiquity of homelessness is hidden by the rich and their media lackeys to such an extent that it requires as stark a demonstration as this to express solidarity amongst all of those affected by austerity, as well as to force the mainstream media to take notice.

We see homelessness every day. Now let’s make sure the establishment see plenty of it on one of theirs.

So, sleeping bags and cardboard placards at the ready for the royals.

Who’s in?

Join the Mobilise Against Homelessness Facebook group to stay informed

Follow the Rising Up Facebook page to stay informed

Depending on demand, return coaches will be booked in advance from various cities across the UK. Other forms of transport such as car sharing will also be subsidised if the funds allow it. All costs will be evidenced with receipts.

Final date to donate is 8/5/18 due to JustGiving requiring 6-10 days for funds to be transferred.

Any funds collected but unspent will be donated to anti-homelessness charities.