By: Dave Roberts

Dave Roberts — Wed, 22 May 2019 08:50:41 +0000

There is a good account of council complacency at http://www.helalabbas.com in the article From Gloucester Place to Grenfell Tower by someone who has first hand experiences of these tragedies. Click My Thoughts and then the article although everything he writes is of interest.

By: Patrick Newman

Patrick Newman — Tue, 21 May 2019 11:14:57 +0000

Never mind complacency it is betrayal that should concern us all. Betrayal of the Grenfell residents and local community by the Inquiry, its Chair – Sir Martin Moore-Bick – and of course the government! The government are culpable for the mortality of residents as they preferred to have a bonfire of regulations instead of avoiding a bonfire of 72 people. There is no excuse because they were told about the dangers by the coroner of the Lakanal House fire (see:- https://www.lambeth.gov.uk/sites/default/files/ec-letter-to-DCLG-pursuant-to-rule43-28March2013.pdf ) and May’s current Chief of Staff was tasked to do something when he was a Croydon M.P. but did FCUK all about it. The Inquiry is being managed by Moore-Bick to avoid the embarrassment of the government by delaying the first phase which will then delay the second phase which deals with the causes of the faults with the cladding which will not be published until well into the next decade! Some in the industry are fighting a rearguard action to water down any regulations.

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By: Dave Roberts

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