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Lydia Conwell :mastodon:<p><a href="https://todon.nl/tags/Counterfire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Counterfire</span></a> | Grenfell: Still no justice </p><p>"That no one has been prosecuted for the Grenfell fire and there are still many buildings with the same cladding is a reminder that Labour is carrying on where the Tories left off"</p><p><a href="https://www.counterfire.org/article/grenfell-still-no-justice/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">counterfire.org/article/grenfe</span><span class="invisible">ll-still-no-justice/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://todon.nl/tags/Grenfell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Grenfell</span></a> <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@cbmilstein" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>cbmilstein</span></a></span> this reminds me of the effect Grenfell had on London, we should riot more though. It was a fucking disgrace and racist as hell. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Grenfell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Grenfell</span></a></p>
Jules 🍺<p>I just signed the petition “Angela Rayner, listen to us: give survivors and bereaved a proper say on Grenfell's fate” and wanted to see if you could help by adding your name.</p><p>Our goal is to reach 10,000 signatures and we need more support. You can read more and sign the petition here:</p><p><a href="https://chng.it/SJWkW8cyTs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">chng.it/SJWkW8cyTs</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Thanks!<br>Jules<br><a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/petition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>petition</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/grenfell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grenfell</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/grenfelltower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grenfelltower</span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>The last thing Westminster wants to do is listen to us, the Public, isn't it?<br>Get the feeling Angela is out of her depth and that was the intention, so they can pin it all on the 'Working Class Woman' like they pin things on 'the Black Lady (Diane Abbott)' </p><p>"Heavens, the British Establishment wouldn't be that Classist, Misogynistic and Racist....just ignore what Andrew Gwynne said" </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/feb/09/angela-rayner-defends-handling-meeting-grenfell-tower" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/f</span><span class="invisible">eb/09/angela-rayner-defends-handling-meeting-grenfell-tower</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Grenfell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Grenfell</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/London" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>London</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AngelaRayner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AngelaRayner</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPOL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ukpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukpolitics</span></a></p>
MediaFaro News Digest<p>London's Grenfell Tower to be taken down after deadly 2017 fire.</p><p>London's Grenfell Tower – where 72 people died in 2017 in Britain's worst residential fire since World War II – is to be demolished, the UK government confirmed on Friday.</p><p>The move, which is expected to take two years, has angered some survivors and families of the 72 people killed in the massive inferno.</p><p><a href="https://mediafaro.org/article/20250207-londons-grenfell-tower-to-be-taken-down-after-deadly-2017-fire?mf_channel=mastodon&amp;action=forward" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mediafaro.org/article/20250207</span><span class="invisible">-londons-grenfell-tower-to-be-taken-down-after-deadly-2017-fire?mf_channel=mastodon&amp;action=forward</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/London" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>London</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/GrenfellTower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GrenfellTower</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Grenfell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Grenfell</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Fire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fire</span></a></p>
Chris Bertram<p>The Times with a complaint against excessive regulation, including, explicitly in the building industry. And someone put "bonfire" in the headline. This is what characterises a "grown-up approach to government", apparently <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23grenfell" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#grenfell</a><br><br><a href="https://www.thetimes.com/comment/columnists/article/musks-bonfire-is-a-warning-beacon-for-uk-wr9tlxwg6" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Musk’s bonfire is a warning be...</a></p>
Geri ❤️<p>They should not demolish <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Grenfell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Grenfell</span></a> </p><p>They should leave as a memorial to the failure of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Capitalism</span></a> and unrestricted deregulation</p><p>Xx</p>
Geriatric Gardener<p>“Grenfell United survivors and families condemn Rayner’s ‘unforgivable’ decision to demolish tower”</p><p>by Skwawkbox <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@skwawkbox" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>skwawkbox</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/@UKLabour" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>UKLabour</span></a></span> </p><p>“Keir Starmer’s ‘Labour’ government not just maintained but escalated all of the many evils of the blue Tory governments it replaced. Its contempt for those affected by the criminal Grenfell blaze is another example”</p><p><a href="https://skwawkbox.org/2025/02/05/grenfell-united-survivors-and-families-condemn-rayners-unforgivable-decision-to-demolish-tower/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">skwawkbox.org/2025/02/05/grenf</span><span class="invisible">ell-united-survivors-and-families-condemn-rayners-unforgivable-decision-to-demolish-tower/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Press</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Rayner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rayner</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Starmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Starmer</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Grenfell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Grenfell</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Demolition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Demolition</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Contempt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Contempt</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Survivors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Survivors</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ToryContinuityParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToryContinuityParty</span></a></p>
Kriszta Satori<p><a href="https://journa.host/tags/BBCNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BBCNews</span></a> - Families concerned as <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Grenfell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Grenfell</span></a> to be dismantled<br><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cq5g99xy979o" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/articles/cq5g99xy</span><span class="invisible">979o</span></a></p>
Lydia Conwell :mastodon:<p>Destroying people's home, or allowing them to be destroyed, to build on top of them is all the rage right now.</p><p>Conveniently, the flammable cladding - which is still on many UK buildings - allows for excellent development opportunities.</p><p><a href="https://todon.nl/tags/Skwawkbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Skwawkbox</span></a> | <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/Grenfell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Grenfell</span></a> United survivors and families condemn <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/Rayner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rayner</span></a>’s ‘unforgivable’ decision to demolish tower </p><p><a href="https://skwawkbox.org/2025/02/05/grenfell-united-survivors-and-families-condemn-rayners-unforgivable-decision-to-demolish-tower/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">skwawkbox.org/2025/02/05/grenf</span><span class="invisible">ell-united-survivors-and-families-condemn-rayners-unforgivable-decision-to-demolish-tower/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://todon.nl/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a></p>
Steve<p>"The survivors and bereaved families of the Grenfell Tower blaze have reacted with fury to deputy PM Angela Rayner’s decision to demolish the shell of the tower, which has stood as a monument to those killed by the greed and recklessness of corporations and government since the 2017 fire..."</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Grenfell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Grenfell</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/GrenfellTower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GrenfellTower</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AngelaRayner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AngelaRayner</span></a></p><p><a href="https://skwawkbox.org/2025/02/05/grenfell-united-survivors-and-families-condemn-rayners-unforgivable-decision-to-demolish-tower/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">skwawkbox.org/2025/02/05/grenf</span><span class="invisible">ell-united-survivors-and-families-condemn-rayners-unforgivable-decision-to-demolish-tower/</span></a></p>
Simon Johnson<p>“Instead, deregulation will undermine attempts to crack down on corruption and illicit finance, as well as the Home Office’s promise to reduce money laundering, combat kleptocracy and cut fraud.”</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/ukla%C9%93our" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uklaɓour</span></a> driving the regulatory race to the bottom, which will cost everyone of us very dearly. It’s almost like <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/grenfell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grenfell</span></a> never happened</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/redtoriesout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>redtoriesout</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/torycontinuityparty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>torycontinuityparty</span></a></p><p><a href="https://democracyforsale.substack.com/p/labours-deregulatory-race-to-the-bottom-corruption-dirty-money-singapore-on-thames?utm_source=substack&amp;publication_id=1770414&amp;post_id=156179935&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;utm_campaign=email-share&amp;triggerShare=true&amp;isFreemail=true&amp;r=2lge7k&amp;triedRedirect=true" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">democracyforsale.substack.com/</span><span class="invisible">p/labours-deregulatory-race-to-the-bottom-corruption-dirty-money-singapore-on-thames?utm_source=substack&amp;publication_id=1770414&amp;post_id=156179935&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;utm_campaign=email-share&amp;triggerShare=true&amp;isFreemail=true&amp;r=2lge7k&amp;triedRedirect=true</span></a></p>
Grant<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.green/@pvonhellermannn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>pvonhellermannn</span></a></span> </p><p>The wonders of Myopic Maggie's myopia.</p><p>~35yrs ago, I used to say 'just wait 30 years and you'll see where this leads'. Most thought I was talking rubbish, but ... well here we are.</p><p>It's pretty shocking when you read it like this. How much corruption involved in all this?? The doors are always open.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UKPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Thatcher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thatcher</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MyopicMaggie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MyopicMaggie</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Grenfell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Grenfell</span></a><br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_cladding_crisis" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_K</span><span class="invisible">ingdom_cladding_crisis</span></a></p>
Pauline von Hellermann<p>This is so sad, and so deeply unjust - how this drags on for so many still since <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Grenfell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Grenfell</span></a></p><p>'Anger is replacing grief' says mum after daughter died fighting for cladding justice </p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crmn4jdj38eo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/articles/crmn4jdj</span><span class="invisible">38eo</span></a></p>
Steve<p>Ghosts of Grenfell 😱</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Grenfell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Grenfell</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/GrenfellTower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GrenfellTower</span></a><br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Lowkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lowkey</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MaiKhalil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaiKhalil</span></a></p><p><a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=ztUamrChczQ" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=ztUamrChcz</span><span class="invisible">Q</span></a></p>
matsimpsk<p>Very happy to have got something from Aimee on my <a href="https://east17.org/tags/Grenfell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Grenfell</span></a> Athletic fabric of the community shirt - even though it does look like one of her sons is a gooner. <a href="https://foc.grenfellathletic.co.uk/aimees/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">foc.grenfellathletic.co.uk/aim</span><span class="invisible">ees/</span></a></p>
Juggling With Eggs<p>When it comes to <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Grenfell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Grenfell</span></a> and the buildings similarly cladded setting a date is just performative.<br> <br>‘<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a> should do what it proposed in 2021 and create a government-funded building works agency to decide what works are necessary, then commission and pay for them.’</p><p>But even then who is qualified and able to carry out the work at pace? Sadly very few.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/dec/02/cladding-will-be-fixed-on-high-rise-buildings-in-england-by-2029-says-angela-rayner" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/society/2024/d</span><span class="invisible">ec/02/cladding-will-be-fixed-on-high-rise-buildings-in-england-by-2029-says-angela-rayner</span></a></p>
Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p>Well, we saw what speed in favour of correct/robust procedures did around the Covid procurement process (fraud enabled &amp; colluded with), and now while the Tories were still in power we find that the same sort of thing happened with the cladding funds.... a £500,000 fraud seems to have been perpetrated on the public funds.</p><p>There is a reason that processes need to be followed &amp; whatever the Tories might think its not all jobs for bureaucrats!</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Grenfell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Grenfell</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/cladding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cladding</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/nov/04/fraudsters-may-have-stolen-500000-from-cladding-removal-building-safety-fund-watchdog-reveals" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/society/2024/n</span><span class="invisible">ov/04/fraudsters-may-have-stolen-500000-from-cladding-removal-building-safety-fund-watchdog-reveals</span></a></p>
Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p>After the Grenfell Tower, we have been grappling with how &amp; how to fund remediation of dangerous building cladding.</p><p>Now the NAO says: 'Considerable uncertainty remains regarding the number of buildings needing remediation, costs, timelines &amp; recouping public spending', leading to an estimate of a total cost once all building have been identified (approx 60% have not been so far), of £12-22bn.</p><p>While arguments between private firms &amp; Govt. continue that price will only rise!</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Grenfell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Grenfell</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/cladding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cladding</span></a></p>
Dr Julia Molinari PhD SFHEA<p>Justice is what ❤️ looks like in public.</p><p>Neoliberalism is what 🖤 looks like in public.</p><p>Lovelessness is neglect, is discrimination, is cruelty.</p><p><a href="https://sciences.social/tags/Neoliberalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Neoliberalism</span></a> kills people.</p><p><a href="https://sciences.social/tags/Grenfell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Grenfell</span></a> <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/JusticeForGrenfell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JusticeForGrenfell</span></a> <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/Lowkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lowkey</span></a></p><p><a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/6hMIzXgnnZTxEpnBysguZY?si=c92c1751eea049d1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.spotify.com/track/6hMIzXg</span><span class="invisible">nnZTxEpnBysguZY?si=c92c1751eea049d1</span></a></p>