Towering Inferno

[Polarbear]

If I was a local council, I'd look at this and decide to sell off all my risky council homes ASAP.

Sod the lefty moaning, they'll soon be on another soap box. The sooner they are someone else's problem the better.

A tower block with 500 tenants? Here you are Mr. Slum Landlord who lives in an un extraditable country, have it for a nominal fee.

Phew chaps, got out of that one before someone thinks to torch it hoping to get nice shiny new flats.

Oh, and wouldn't Maggie be proud of the upward mobility of the council tenants. From a Hi rise slum to Hi rise luxury, thats capitalism for you.............................Isn't it?
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[M.C]

[Raffles]

[Rogerborg]

[M.C]

Still at 79, 9 formally identified apparently Bit more info' coming out: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40366646 tl;dr other dangerous tower blocks found, looks like Lenny Henry did a bodge job at Premier Inn.

[M.C]

Police are muttering something about manslaughter and seizing documents.

[Rogerborg]

[Im-a-Ridah]

They are giving residents free hotel rooms and airbeds in a community hall.

We all know who is getting the air bed, and who is getting the hotel room, don't we?

[M.C]

Like f**k would I evacuate my place to sleep in a sports centre

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[Jewlio Rides Again LLB]

[Im-a-Ridah]

Islamic residents will no doubt get a 5 star hotel. Possibly a villa?

[Rogerborg]

[M.C]

[Rogerborg]

Every cladded block tested so far has failed the Towering Inferno test. Every one. u​r al gunna dye.

Meanwhile in Soviet Scotchland, cladding put on buildings since 2005 - or added to them since then - is required to be made of fire-proof material.

That'll come as reassuring news to the residents of the "medium rise" block that I can see out of the office window which is currently being re-clad in polystyrene.
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[Rogerborg]

Sadiq Khan throws Kensington and Chelsea Council under the bus his dad used to drive.

I mean, I know people voted for them and that, but muh political appointees.

Doesn't take much scratching to find the anti-democratic layer.
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[M.C]

Had they handled the situation with a modicum of competence and compassion there wouldn't be a problem. It's nice someone was charged rent on their burnt out shell of a home.

[Polarbear]

I see the new 'We won't prosecute' has come saying the powers that be won't do anything about illegal sub letting.

They say it is so that they can actually find out who was living in the council flats as it wasn't actually the named tenants in many cases

Surely the people who sub let won't be living there so there is no reason not to prosecute once they have the evidence.
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[ScaredyCat]

[thepuma]

Makes me smile the people being rehomed - never worked a day in their lives, never contributed to society, got everything in their lives for nothing....yet they want to pick where they are moved to?..... things like "I ain't moving just anywhere "..and " I want to be close to my mates" etc makes me sick....

Maybe if you did what we've all had to do our lives and make an effort, graft, learn a skill and get a job doing 40+ hours a week...then maybe you can choose EXACTLY where you want to live as you can either get a mortgage or pay rent like the rest of us.

Absolutely disgusts me the society we have created where people expect everything for nothing and want everything that working people have got but without lifting a finger.

I'm sorry...but if you're getting a 2, 3 , 400+k property for nothing then I'm afraid you have to take whats being offered.
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[toby1]

What with the charity record and the new flat re housing scheme..............they will all be true millionaires living the millionaires lifestyle.

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[M.C]