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Camden New Journal - by DAN CARRIER
Published: 27 September 2007

George Weiss

Rainbow campaigner’s former home faces demolition order

THE former Hampstead home of quirky campaigner ‘Rainbow’ George Weiss is facing the wrecker’s ball.
Town Hall planning officers will tonight (Thursday) recommend permission be given for the Perrins Walk house to be pulled down and replaced with a three- storey home complete with new basement.
Mr Weiss, who became known for running eccentric election campaigns under the Rainbow Coalition banner, moved into the home in 1969. But after a spell away in the late 1980s Mr Weiss returned to his home to find the roof caved in and his possessions wrecked. After forcing his landlord to repair the roof, he asked for compensation for his possessions – and never heard from the owner again.
In 2004, he applied to the courts for squatters rights, won ownership and went on to sell the house for £710,000.
He said: “It’s a sad day.”

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