Dr. Abi O'Connor
@abioconnor_
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Urban Sociologist. Researcher @NEF. Fellow @livuni ✍️ political econ of housing/land, spatial inequality, local gov/politics & stigma. Fullback ⚽️ join a union
Liverpool
Joined March 2018
I graduate today & realise I’ve never shared “the thing”. A labour of love, pain & fierce commitment to Liverpool & its people. The PhD thesis is embargoed for a few years, means I’ll actually write the book! It takes a whole city! Many thank yous in the acknowledgements ❤️
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RT @Penny_Dropping: Even if this were true - that deregulating planning will lower rents (which is, lets be clear, magical thinking) - how…
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RT @ruth_gilbert: 👋 Glasgow: @Living_Rent is screening THE RENT STRIKE (2024) in a fortnight, telling the story of the early ‘70s wave of t…
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RT @NeilGray00: Looking forward to the post-film discussion with Fiadh Tubridy and @ruth_gilbert about the brilliant research project Fiadh…
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RT @HanKD667: Trickle down economics doesn't work. Never has. The £8 billion profit Barclays announced today isn't going into my pocket o…
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RT @NEF: Essential reading today from @chakrabortty. Last year we found that more than four in 10 council homes sold under right to buy ar…
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Please join us next week for our next activist learning session: rent controls research! ✊ @LDNRentersUnion @gmtenantsunion @ACORNunion @LRAction @Medact @InclusionLondon @DisRightsUK
Want to learn more about the latest research on rent controls and use it to help your housing activism? Sign up for next week's Homes for Us research clinic here:
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RT @BancroftTenants: 📢 CAMPAIGN UPDATE We are making significant progress in our fight to get our cold council homes insulated! 🛠️ Works…
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Disconcerting how quickly broken infrastructure becomes normalised. Just caught myself thinking, when reading piece on crises in A&E depts, 'a 12 hour wait? That's actually ok compared to here'
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Lads who is bookmarking this, pls let us rest
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RT @emptyhomes: Ain't nothing going up but the rent.. '440,000 households with children whose Local Housing Allowance no longer covers rent…
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RT @NEF: Predictions of growth from airport expansion are based on faulty forecasts. Airport expansion won't create real economic growth, D…
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Glad to live in a city that has a politician who stands up to this racist rhetoric. Differences are inevitable, divisions are a choice.
Last night I told Parliament that from immigration mugs to Rwanda, from Reform to Blue Labour, the spiral of doom on the issue of immigration, along with the shameless posturing of politicians trying to make a name for themselves, is one of the most unedifying parts of this job.
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