Michael Walls
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Michael Walls
@WallsMJ
Development Planning Unit (DPU) University College London (UCL)





Prof Michael Walls and Prof Julio D Davila participate at the Silk Cities International Conference | The Bartlett Development Planning Unit - UCL – University College London ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/devel… @WallsMJ @DavilaJulio @dpu_ucl



#Breaking It cost taxpayers £15,000 to cover damages and legal fees after Science Secretary Michelle Donelan falsely suggested an academic supported Hamas, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology said, adding the sum was paid “without admitting any liability”

@WallsMJ @mrjamesob In this Peter Principle cabinet nobody is expected to do a decent job. It is run for the benefit of those who wish to increase and conserve their wealth. Jobs are interchangeable in the cabinet one does not need a level experience just to be able to keep a straight face and lie.



NEW: it seems that *taxpayers* covered the cost of Michelle Donelan's false accusations. Her department says a "nominal" sum was paid, "subject to all the usual cross-govet processes, & aims to reduce overall costs to the taxpayer that could result from protracted legal action."

@UKRI_News statement is here: ukri.org/news/outcome-o…


This is extraordinary. Notable also that Donelan’s published retraction rather underplays the events described here. I wonder whether *anything* is a resignation issue in Rishi Sunak’s government…

