Occupy: We’re setting up more high-profile camps

Occupy activists today warned of a fresh wave of protests and more “high-profile occupations” in the capital.

Members of the protest group were “recharging their batteries” at a temporary site after being evicted from their Finsbury Square base in the City of London following an eight-month stay.

The group today said more occupations were expected in the coming weeks — and that one site, as yet undisclosed, had already been taken over.

More than 30 other activist groups from around the world were today descending on St Paul’s Cathedral for a protest against mining firms, dubbed the Carnival of Dirt.

Many protesters evicted from Finsbury Square early yesterday have now set up camp in Shoreditch Park.

Today they claimed the site was a “stop-gap” while they plan their next move.

But Occupy spokesman Ronan McNern said the three-hour eviction from Finsbury Square could pave the way for “different forms” of protest.

He said: “I wouldn’t rule out more camps. In the next few weeks there are a number of projects. I would say there are more high-profile occupations coming but there needs to be more energy built for that to happen.

"I know that somewhere has already been taken so it is a matter of when it is going to be announced.”