Deborah Potts

Emeritus Reader in Human Geography, King's College London
Author Broken Cities

[Deborah Potts @debby1potts]

@LorettaCLees a diet of cream crackers, pg tips and maltesers... what's not to like?

[Ekō @Eko_Movement]

Great news for climate action: The @Europarl_EN just voted for the EU to exit the rotten Energy Charter Treaty.

The @EU_Commission has its marching orders now from governments and MEPs: No "modernized ECT" or "ECT 2.0" -- just #ExitECT now!

[Deborah Potts @debby1potts]

@LorettaCLees @BUonCities Congratulations, and the building looks wonderful

[Deborah Potts @debby1potts]

My article on the internationalization of the urban-rural divide and the impact of global urban livelihood shifts with Journal of International Affairs is finally out and online
https://t.co/sX3tOU9S9H

[Deborah Potts @debby1potts]

@urbancommune @LorettaCLees Hurrah for the sun! Hurrah for real people meetings! Hurrah for @urbancommune

[Deborah Potts @debby1potts]

@Peacock_Estate @LorettaCLees @TAGLoveLane @coadje @TottenhamBiz @MartinBallN17 @CllrJohnBevan @DavidLammy @Bob_Hare @Dawn_Barnes @davidthomasjoy @HaleTottenham @perayahmet @CouncilHaringey @Lendleaseuk @BerrymanCllr @HaringeyLabour @HaringeyLibDems @PeoplesAudit Thanks to Loretta Lees for this careful analysis of the real situation at the Peacock Estate. We need more exposure about how very limited the numbers of truly affordable houses in such projects tend to be.

[Deborah Potts @debby1potts]

As if it's not bad enough that my energy supplier has gone bust, and that I have been transferred to British Gas, now they need to send me a link to set up a password. But the email never comes; unsurprising perhaps as it's now owned by Centrica

[Deborah Potts @debby1potts]

@ProfKate99 Indeed! Laws are meaningless unless they are backed up with the resources and commitment to enforce them. These laws are a figleaf to divert attention from this country's continued collusion with money launderers etc

[Kate Maclean @[email protected] @DrKate99]

“The experience of the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation — the body that has issued six fines for sanctions violations in six years — is a case in point.”

https://t.co/49mnvzsu9s

[Deborah Potts @debby1potts]

Check out this Radio 4 programme on Planning, Housing and Politics - mostly about local politics re housing developments but I managed to point out that, even if it does get built, the elephant in the room is that most of the housing is unaffordable https://t.co/EvcpgXIw4E

[Deborah Potts @debby1potts]

@AfricanCities_ @BethChit @sdinet @Wanavijiji @MuturiKarimi May I add my congratulations too

[Anushka Asthana @AnushkaAsthana]

So Met spends weeks saying we need to wait til Sue Gray publishes and then, on the day her report is basically finished, decides to launch an active investigation (because story is undermining legitimacy of the law) scuppering any chance Gray can publish most serious allegations?

[Deborah Potts @debby1potts]

@PrivateEyeNews This was wonderful to watch - it was all summed up for me when Solomon Hughes reminded the committee that 'he who pays the piper, calls the tune'. That is why MPs should not have be accepting favours and taking second jobs outside of their areas of expertise.

[Deborah Potts @debby1potts]

Check out this comparison of affordable rents in London versus rents set by the market. Thanks to Anna Minton for her superb research on urban issues including the huge scale of the affordable housing crisis so evident from these data

[Deborah Potts @debby1potts]

https://t.co/i8DhsOHrTw

[Deborah Potts @debby1potts]

This point from BBC News on Jan 20 about Covid deaths seems reasonably logical. However it also means that the most reliable number of deaths from Covid in UK is well over 175,000 (the number of such deaths up to Jan 7th)

[Deborah Potts @debby1potts]

@ProfKate99 @DRRDynamics It's always good to know when ideas are taken up and put to good use. Well done Kate and Kevin.

[Deborah Potts @debby1potts]

It is so important to remember that, for the majority of people in Britain, their house or flat is their home, and not an investment structure (as so much analysis and policy nowadays seems to suggest). Thank you Shelter for everything you do to fight for a fairer housing system

[Deborah Potts @debby1potts]

@We_OwnIt @NadineDorries Keep Channel 4 out of private hands. Leave it alone.

[Deborah Potts @debby1potts]

I am looking forward to Radio 4's programme on Planning, Housing and Politics on Radio 4 on February 21st at 8 pm to which I am contributing. The wonderful planning expert and barrister, Hashi Mohamed, will be interviewing.
https://t.co/pPb7vY88yM