Cllr James Potts
@jamespotts6.bsky.social
Islington Labour councillor for Junction Ward. Author and writer.
Good to be back on the doors this morning! 🌹
You can’t beat speaking to people face to face and cut through all the noise and nonsense people see online!
You can’t beat speaking to people face to face and cut through all the noise and nonsense people see online!
November 8, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Good to be back on the doors this morning! 🌹
You can’t beat speaking to people face to face and cut through all the noise and nonsense people see online!
You can’t beat speaking to people face to face and cut through all the noise and nonsense people see online!
At Children & Young People Scrutiny last night, we looked at the Annual Safeguarding Report.
I asked questions around Online Safety training and the work we do to engage fathers.
Watch my questions to officers below ⬇️
I asked questions around Online Safety training and the work we do to engage fathers.
Watch my questions to officers below ⬇️
November 5, 2025 at 7:21 AM
At Children & Young People Scrutiny last night, we looked at the Annual Safeguarding Report.
I asked questions around Online Safety training and the work we do to engage fathers.
Watch my questions to officers below ⬇️
I asked questions around Online Safety training and the work we do to engage fathers.
Watch my questions to officers below ⬇️
Raymond James Potts (1935-2025) 💔
On Wednesday, my grandad Ray Potts passed away aged 90. He was a doting grandfather, semi-pro snooker player and keen traveller who I’ll miss so much.
He’s now reunited with my Nan, which brings me comfort. RIP gaffer 💔
On Wednesday, my grandad Ray Potts passed away aged 90. He was a doting grandfather, semi-pro snooker player and keen traveller who I’ll miss so much.
He’s now reunited with my Nan, which brings me comfort. RIP gaffer 💔
October 31, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Raymond James Potts (1935-2025) 💔
On Wednesday, my grandad Ray Potts passed away aged 90. He was a doting grandfather, semi-pro snooker player and keen traveller who I’ll miss so much.
He’s now reunited with my Nan, which brings me comfort. RIP gaffer 💔
On Wednesday, my grandad Ray Potts passed away aged 90. He was a doting grandfather, semi-pro snooker player and keen traveller who I’ll miss so much.
He’s now reunited with my Nan, which brings me comfort. RIP gaffer 💔
Rapid lunchtime canvass today with some excellent @islingtonlabour.bsky.social colleagues.
Lots of casework reported! Islington Labour is #OnYourSide 🌹
@islingtonnlabour.bsky.social
@bennebgregg.bsky.social
Lots of casework reported! Islington Labour is #OnYourSide 🌹
@islingtonnlabour.bsky.social
@bennebgregg.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Rapid lunchtime canvass today with some excellent @islingtonlabour.bsky.social colleagues.
Lots of casework reported! Islington Labour is #OnYourSide 🌹
@islingtonnlabour.bsky.social
@bennebgregg.bsky.social
Lots of casework reported! Islington Labour is #OnYourSide 🌹
@islingtonnlabour.bsky.social
@bennebgregg.bsky.social
Great evening watching Witness for the Prosecution at County Hall 🎭
Fantastic municipal building. Makes me sad the Greater London Council was scrapped in the 1980s.
Weird now to think of London without a Mayor or the GLA. Maybe I’d have worked here for the GLC in another life!
Fantastic municipal building. Makes me sad the Greater London Council was scrapped in the 1980s.
Weird now to think of London without a Mayor or the GLA. Maybe I’d have worked here for the GLC in another life!
October 23, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Great evening watching Witness for the Prosecution at County Hall 🎭
Fantastic municipal building. Makes me sad the Greater London Council was scrapped in the 1980s.
Weird now to think of London without a Mayor or the GLA. Maybe I’d have worked here for the GLC in another life!
Fantastic municipal building. Makes me sad the Greater London Council was scrapped in the 1980s.
Weird now to think of London without a Mayor or the GLA. Maybe I’d have worked here for the GLC in another life!
Interesting Environment Scrutiny meeting tonight at the town hall exploring recycling rates and waste reduction ♻️
I asked about reducing contamination, using AI to speed up data processes and how officers expect waste streams to change in the future.
I asked about reducing contamination, using AI to speed up data processes and how officers expect waste streams to change in the future.
October 21, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Interesting Environment Scrutiny meeting tonight at the town hall exploring recycling rates and waste reduction ♻️
I asked about reducing contamination, using AI to speed up data processes and how officers expect waste streams to change in the future.
I asked about reducing contamination, using AI to speed up data processes and how officers expect waste streams to change in the future.
Back on the doors again this morning speaking to the residents of the Wedmore Estate in Junction Ward.
We’ve been working hard to tackle anti-social behaviour on the estate. More to do however!
Still lots of Labour voters too! 🌹
@islingtonnlabour.bsky.social
@islingtonlabour.bsky.social
We’ve been working hard to tackle anti-social behaviour on the estate. More to do however!
Still lots of Labour voters too! 🌹
@islingtonnlabour.bsky.social
@islingtonlabour.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Back on the doors again this morning speaking to the residents of the Wedmore Estate in Junction Ward.
We’ve been working hard to tackle anti-social behaviour on the estate. More to do however!
Still lots of Labour voters too! 🌹
@islingtonnlabour.bsky.social
@islingtonlabour.bsky.social
We’ve been working hard to tackle anti-social behaviour on the estate. More to do however!
Still lots of Labour voters too! 🌹
@islingtonnlabour.bsky.social
@islingtonlabour.bsky.social
Lovely afternoon at Archway Library presenting the children who completed the Summer Reading Challenge with their certificates with Cllrs Burgess and Ogunro 📖📚
Reading from a young age is vitally important. Great to see our kids taking it up!
@islington-council.bsky.social
@janetb44.bsky.social
Reading from a young age is vitally important. Great to see our kids taking it up!
@islington-council.bsky.social
@janetb44.bsky.social
October 11, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Lovely afternoon at Archway Library presenting the children who completed the Summer Reading Challenge with their certificates with Cllrs Burgess and Ogunro 📖📚
Reading from a young age is vitally important. Great to see our kids taking it up!
@islington-council.bsky.social
@janetb44.bsky.social
Reading from a young age is vitally important. Great to see our kids taking it up!
@islington-council.bsky.social
@janetb44.bsky.social
Out on the doors in Junction Ward this morning. Great conversations with residents picking up casework. Lot of support for Labour too! 🌹
@islingtonnlabour.bsky.social @islingtonlabour.bsky.social
@janetb44.bsky.social
@islingtonnlabour.bsky.social @islingtonlabour.bsky.social
@janetb44.bsky.social
October 11, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Out on the doors in Junction Ward this morning. Great conversations with residents picking up casework. Lot of support for Labour too! 🌹
@islingtonnlabour.bsky.social @islingtonlabour.bsky.social
@janetb44.bsky.social
@islingtonnlabour.bsky.social @islingtonlabour.bsky.social
@janetb44.bsky.social
Really great two part history blog on the Low Hill Estate back home in Wolverhampton to celebrate it's centenary. 🏘️
My Mom was born and raised there where that side lived for decades and my Dad and my uncles worked at Goodyears nearby so this blog is very much a family affair!
My Mom was born and raised there where that side lived for decades and my Dad and my uncles worked at Goodyears nearby so this blog is very much a family affair!
This week's Substack post brought the history of Wolverhampton's Low Hill Estate up-to-date:
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The Low Hill Estate, Wolverhampton: ‘a popular place to live’
We left the Low Hill Estate last week in 1939 very largely complete.
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October 5, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Really great two part history blog on the Low Hill Estate back home in Wolverhampton to celebrate it's centenary. 🏘️
My Mom was born and raised there where that side lived for decades and my Dad and my uncles worked at Goodyears nearby so this blog is very much a family affair!
My Mom was born and raised there where that side lived for decades and my Dad and my uncles worked at Goodyears nearby so this blog is very much a family affair!
Great morning at two fantastic community events!
First: community bike ride with the London cycling campaign 🚲
Second: Harvest Festival at the Octopus Community Plant Nursery 🍂
Lovely reminder that our communities are still thriving! 👍🏻
First: community bike ride with the London cycling campaign 🚲
Second: Harvest Festival at the Octopus Community Plant Nursery 🍂
Lovely reminder that our communities are still thriving! 👍🏻
October 4, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Great morning at two fantastic community events!
First: community bike ride with the London cycling campaign 🚲
Second: Harvest Festival at the Octopus Community Plant Nursery 🍂
Lovely reminder that our communities are still thriving! 👍🏻
First: community bike ride with the London cycling campaign 🚲
Second: Harvest Festival at the Octopus Community Plant Nursery 🍂
Lovely reminder that our communities are still thriving! 👍🏻
Another fantastic Labour Party Conference in Liverpool and my first as a local councillor. Great to catch up with many from across our great movement and I left feeling optimistic and upbeat! 🌹👍🏻
My annual reflections blog is below: jamespottsblog.wordpress.com/2025/10/01/r...
My annual reflections blog is below: jamespottsblog.wordpress.com/2025/10/01/r...
Reflections from Labour Party Conference 2025
As ever, I’m back with some quick reflections on this year’s Labour Party Conference in Liverpool. I mentioned in last year’s blog that there is a “J Curve” theory tha…
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October 1, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Another fantastic Labour Party Conference in Liverpool and my first as a local councillor. Great to catch up with many from across our great movement and I left feeling optimistic and upbeat! 🌹👍🏻
My annual reflections blog is below: jamespottsblog.wordpress.com/2025/10/01/r...
My annual reflections blog is below: jamespottsblog.wordpress.com/2025/10/01/r...
London’s tonight looking 👌🏻
September 25, 2025 at 7:54 PM
London’s tonight looking 👌🏻
Questions about housing conditions are of vital importance, not “silly” as the Greens and Independents called them at Full Council.
My supplementary question to Cllr John Woolf below, which asked what improvements we are making to our housing stock in Islington 🏠
@islingtonlabour.bsky.social
My supplementary question to Cllr John Woolf below, which asked what improvements we are making to our housing stock in Islington 🏠
@islingtonlabour.bsky.social
September 20, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Questions about housing conditions are of vital importance, not “silly” as the Greens and Independents called them at Full Council.
My supplementary question to Cllr John Woolf below, which asked what improvements we are making to our housing stock in Islington 🏠
@islingtonlabour.bsky.social
My supplementary question to Cllr John Woolf below, which asked what improvements we are making to our housing stock in Islington 🏠
@islingtonlabour.bsky.social
School suspensions lead to higher absence rates. Who knew!
It appears to me that they are a blunt instrument that doesn’t benefit children’s education.
My question to officers about this during Children & Young People’s Scrutiny Committee earlier this week ⬇️
It appears to me that they are a blunt instrument that doesn’t benefit children’s education.
My question to officers about this during Children & Young People’s Scrutiny Committee earlier this week ⬇️
September 18, 2025 at 7:02 AM
School suspensions lead to higher absence rates. Who knew!
It appears to me that they are a blunt instrument that doesn’t benefit children’s education.
My question to officers about this during Children & Young People’s Scrutiny Committee earlier this week ⬇️
It appears to me that they are a blunt instrument that doesn’t benefit children’s education.
My question to officers about this during Children & Young People’s Scrutiny Committee earlier this week ⬇️
Great to speak to @sturgios.bsky.social about my campaign to save The Mother Red Cap pub in Junction Ward, featuring in The Telegraph this week.
Positive it is set to reopen, but it is important to respect its heritage. I will be seeking reassurances it will remain as is.
@rogerprotz.bsky.social
Positive it is set to reopen, but it is important to respect its heritage. I will be seeking reassurances it will remain as is.
@rogerprotz.bsky.social
September 12, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Great to speak to @sturgios.bsky.social about my campaign to save The Mother Red Cap pub in Junction Ward, featuring in The Telegraph this week.
Positive it is set to reopen, but it is important to respect its heritage. I will be seeking reassurances it will remain as is.
@rogerprotz.bsky.social
Positive it is set to reopen, but it is important to respect its heritage. I will be seeking reassurances it will remain as is.
@rogerprotz.bsky.social
Proud to have spoken in favour of the application for Vorley Road in Archway at Planning Committee.
🏡 79 new homes, 33 of which are for social rent
📚New Archway Library
🩺 New GP surgery
🌳 Improvements to Girdlestone Park
My speech below ⬇️
@islingtonnlabour.bsky.social @islingtonlabour.bsky.social
🏡 79 new homes, 33 of which are for social rent
📚New Archway Library
🩺 New GP surgery
🌳 Improvements to Girdlestone Park
My speech below ⬇️
@islingtonnlabour.bsky.social @islingtonlabour.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Proud to have spoken in favour of the application for Vorley Road in Archway at Planning Committee.
🏡 79 new homes, 33 of which are for social rent
📚New Archway Library
🩺 New GP surgery
🌳 Improvements to Girdlestone Park
My speech below ⬇️
@islingtonnlabour.bsky.social @islingtonlabour.bsky.social
🏡 79 new homes, 33 of which are for social rent
📚New Archway Library
🩺 New GP surgery
🌳 Improvements to Girdlestone Park
My speech below ⬇️
@islingtonnlabour.bsky.social @islingtonlabour.bsky.social
Islington Grow Show in full swing this afternoon in Whittington Park in Junction Ward.
Great community event learning about growing, trees and bee hotels plus a performance from the London Vegetable Orchestra! 🍎🥕🥦
Great community event learning about growing, trees and bee hotels plus a performance from the London Vegetable Orchestra! 🍎🥕🥦
September 7, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Islington Grow Show in full swing this afternoon in Whittington Park in Junction Ward.
Great community event learning about growing, trees and bee hotels plus a performance from the London Vegetable Orchestra! 🍎🥕🥦
Great community event learning about growing, trees and bee hotels plus a performance from the London Vegetable Orchestra! 🍎🥕🥦
Humbled to have been re-selected as one of Labour’s candidates for Junction Ward alongside my good friends Sheila Chapman and Ben Gregg! A huge thanks to Labour members for putting their faith in us. The hard work continues to hold the seat next May 🌹
September 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Humbled to have been re-selected as one of Labour’s candidates for Junction Ward alongside my good friends Sheila Chapman and Ben Gregg! A huge thanks to Labour members for putting their faith in us. The hard work continues to hold the seat next May 🌹
The Mother Red Cap pub has been a valued community asset in Junction Ward for many decades.
Its sudden closure last March was worrying but the recent boarding up of the pub has only made those worries worse and residents fear its permanent loss to our area.
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Its sudden closure last March was worrying but the recent boarding up of the pub has only made those worries worse and residents fear its permanent loss to our area.
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July 25, 2025 at 7:18 PM
The Mother Red Cap pub has been a valued community asset in Junction Ward for many decades.
Its sudden closure last March was worrying but the recent boarding up of the pub has only made those worries worse and residents fear its permanent loss to our area.
(1/2)
Its sudden closure last March was worrying but the recent boarding up of the pub has only made those worries worse and residents fear its permanent loss to our area.
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Warm day on the #LabourDoorstep today speaking to voters in Junction Ward! Lots of good conversations with residents who are always pleased to see us! ☀️
July 18, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Warm day on the #LabourDoorstep today speaking to voters in Junction Ward! Lots of good conversations with residents who are always pleased to see us! ☀️
Delighted the Government will extend the vote to 16 & 17 year olds!
Long overdue and a recognition of the trust we’re putting in the next generation, many of whom are incredibly knowledgable about politics.
They work and pay tax, so why shouldn’t they get the right to vote?
Long overdue and a recognition of the trust we’re putting in the next generation, many of whom are incredibly knowledgable about politics.
They work and pay tax, so why shouldn’t they get the right to vote?
July 17, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Delighted the Government will extend the vote to 16 & 17 year olds!
Long overdue and a recognition of the trust we’re putting in the next generation, many of whom are incredibly knowledgable about politics.
They work and pay tax, so why shouldn’t they get the right to vote?
Long overdue and a recognition of the trust we’re putting in the next generation, many of whom are incredibly knowledgable about politics.
They work and pay tax, so why shouldn’t they get the right to vote?
Private renting leaves too many in shocking conditions, paying thousands to landlords each month.
Labour is thankfully strengthening renters’ rights and fixing the broken system.
Proud to speak in favour of our @islingtonlabour.bsky.social motion at #IslingtonFC last week:
Labour is thankfully strengthening renters’ rights and fixing the broken system.
Proud to speak in favour of our @islingtonlabour.bsky.social motion at #IslingtonFC last week:
July 14, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Private renting leaves too many in shocking conditions, paying thousands to landlords each month.
Labour is thankfully strengthening renters’ rights and fixing the broken system.
Proud to speak in favour of our @islingtonlabour.bsky.social motion at #IslingtonFC last week:
Labour is thankfully strengthening renters’ rights and fixing the broken system.
Proud to speak in favour of our @islingtonlabour.bsky.social motion at #IslingtonFC last week:
So yesterday marked 10 years to the day that I moved into my room in Upper Holloway, which is as good a milestone as any for a blog.
Hope you enjoy reading!
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Hope you enjoy reading!
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10 Years at No. 5
So, here we are. Today marks ten years to the day that I moved into Number 5 where I’ve been renting an average sized, unfurnished room in Upper Holloway. It’s been a heck of a rollercoaster, so I …
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July 11, 2025 at 6:16 AM
So yesterday marked 10 years to the day that I moved into my room in Upper Holloway, which is as good a milestone as any for a blog.
Hope you enjoy reading!
jamespottsblog.wordpress.com/2025/07/10/1...
Hope you enjoy reading!
jamespottsblog.wordpress.com/2025/07/10/1...
It’s #IslingtonFC tonight. Great to hear we have been:
Ranked healthiest inner London borough for the fifth year in a row 🏡
Accredited platinum for our domestic abuse support services 👏🏻
Named the top-performing single-tier council in the UK for climate action 🌍
Top work!
Ranked healthiest inner London borough for the fifth year in a row 🏡
Accredited platinum for our domestic abuse support services 👏🏻
Named the top-performing single-tier council in the UK for climate action 🌍
Top work!
July 10, 2025 at 7:40 PM
It’s #IslingtonFC tonight. Great to hear we have been:
Ranked healthiest inner London borough for the fifth year in a row 🏡
Accredited platinum for our domestic abuse support services 👏🏻
Named the top-performing single-tier council in the UK for climate action 🌍
Top work!
Ranked healthiest inner London borough for the fifth year in a row 🏡
Accredited platinum for our domestic abuse support services 👏🏻
Named the top-performing single-tier council in the UK for climate action 🌍
Top work!