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Squatters who took over Gordon Ramsay's £13million London pub are all calling themselves Gordon in an 'I Am Spartacus-style' attempt to protect their identities.
The group has been served papers forcing them to 'cancel' their soup kitchen, which they said they were running from the Camden eatery.
The Camden Art Cafe, a self-styled 'autonomous' group of radical activists, took over the celebrity chef's former York & Albany pub in north London last week in what they claimed was a legal occupation of the building.
One of the 'Gordons' wearing leopard print clothes told The Independent: 'We could get evicted tomorrow if they choose to do it illegally. So we want to make an impact and open up as much as we can.'
Many of the squatters were wary of allowing reporters inside, especially those with cameras, as they said they wanted their community to 'feel comfortable'.
The York & Albany pub in Camden, north London, was taken over by squatters earlier this month who said they wanted to turn it into a soup kitchen
The pub and boutique hotel was run by Gordon Ramsay - but the chef was reportedly in the midst of renegotiating the lease
The self-styled 'Camden Art Cafe' announced on Tuesday that it had been served papers and could not run the soup kitchen
They allowed reporters in on a one in, one out basis as long as they joined in their activities.
In a post on their Instagram profile, the masked activists - who ran away from reporters at the weekend - said they have been served with papers and have had to cancel their opening today.
The statement said: 'Apologies to everyone who was going to come along today. Papers served, cafe cancelled!'
Representatives for Ramsay, who was reportedly in the midst of handing the lease for the building over to a new tenant, have declined to comment on the latest step in the squatting saga.
The squatters set up inside the pub, leaving rubbish lying around, setting up board games and generally making themselves at home
Cans of spraypaint sit in a box on a table in a room of Ramsay's gastropub on Tuesday
Fresh goods sit on a shelf in the rear of the York & Albany (left) and in crates for use in the soup kitchen
A squatter appears to be curled up in a sleeping bag at the bottom end of the bar area - a pair of trainers discarded at their feet
On Sunday, the activists said they had taken over the pub to make it available to 'victims of gentrification and parasitic projects like HS2'.
MailOnline had sought to contact the squatters for comment - but they failed to respond to requests on social media and, when approached by journalists on Saturday, ran away.
A statement released on Instagram read: 'It seems only fitting that £13million properties that most locals would never be able to afford to visit should be opened up to all.
'The York and Albany is an iconic building in Camden since its opening in the 1820s; it has withstood wars and bombs, and despite what the media says, it will withstand the potentially short but hopefully long stay we squatters have here.
'At a time when Camden market has been bought out by a billionaire and many longstanding local businesses are being evicted from their units, it's even more important that we
