I got this e mail below today:<div><br></div><div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Alexandra Palace, St Ann's Hospital, and the Love Lane council housing estate are up for quick sale tomorrow morning: a Freedom of Information request has disclosed (below) the amazing list of sites which Haringey Council is taking to the "Sitematch" London speed-dating event with property developers at the Shard on Wednesday 2nd April. The list also includes public land and valuable community facilities around the borough.</span><span style="font-size: 24pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-size: 24pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Come down to the Shard, 32 Joiner Street, Southwark, SE1 9QU at 8.00 am on Wednesday 2nd April to protest.</span><span style="font-size: 24pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-size: 24pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Let's say no to this love-in between local authorities and property developers. </span><span style="font-size: 24pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-size: 24pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Hands off our homes, communities and public spaces!</span><span style="font-size: 24pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-size: 24pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Developers pay £778.80 per person for 15-minute ‘speed-dating’ style meetings at Sitematch to make their quick pitch to buy these prime sites.</span><span style="font-size: 24pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-size: 24pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: justify; background-color: white;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Tottenham Labour Councillor Alan Stanton says that Haringey’s sale of its housing estates means “social cleansing in the interest of profit, for developers, Arup, and other consultants”. Cllr Stanton quips, "Take a chunk of Tottenham. Take two or three. We've plenty to dispose of, for next to nothing". </span><span style="font-size: 24pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: justify; background-color: white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-size: 24pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: justify; background-color: white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">The Sitematch publicity artwork, designed by the artist Gene Cornelius, goes to town celebrating the ‘speed-dating’ theme. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">See one of the images here:</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-size: 24pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: justify; background-color: white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;"><a href="
http://www.3foxfiles.co.uk/downloads/sitematch/estates_gazette_sitematch.pdf" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
http://www.3foxfiles.co.uk/<wbr>downloads/sitematch/estates_<wbr>gazette_sitematch.pdf</span></a></span></p></div>
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