"Man vows to become King of the Squatters" well, so screamed the billboards for Brighton's very own newspaper of record the Argus this morning anyway. According to an interview, presumably conducted through the letterbox, one Sebastian Stone, a resident of disused pub in Brighton's city centre, told the Argus that he was taking part in an unofficial competition to be crowned Brighton and Hove's squatting champion, adding the detail that the contest is like "X Factor for squatters".

Warming to his theme Sebastian added "I'm trying to win King of the Squatters 2014. You need to get six squats. This is my fifth."

Well here at SchNEWS we're reluctant to hand out aristocratic titles on the basis of spurious claims to living in abandoned buildings but we reckon we know where the gong for "Gullible Journalist of the Year" might be headed.

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