Josie was admitted to the squat, Devin’s name acting as a sort of Open Sesame. She was given an old sleeping bag which smelled of piss and sweat and was shown a stained mattress in a corner of the floor where she could sleep, being told that the committee would ‘interview’ her in the morning.
The squat ‘committee’ was supposedly democratic with all decisions put to the ‘common vote’ but in reality in was dominated by Marian, Angus and Jurgen, The interview, apart from asking Josie’s name (first name only) and where she came from (Angus had vaguely heard of West Garside and thought it was somewhere ‘up north’ making it sound like a criminal offence) was otherwise solely concerned with Josie’s political views.
Although she had never voted, if she had done so, Josie would probably have vo
