Grenfell Tower fire in North Kensington - news and discussion

[Artaxerxes]

Tory councillor who managed Grenfell Tower refurbishment 'flees luxury £1.2m home after threats from angry residents'

He has amazing parents.

Amanda Feilding - Wikipedia

Feilding ran for British Parliament twice, on the platform 'Trepanation for the National Health' with the intention of advocating research into its potential benefits.[4] 35 years later, she initiated and was involved in research into the physiological effects of trepanation and cranial compliance at the Sechenov Institute for Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry, St. Petersburg.

They are also rich as fuck.

 

[Wilf]

I get the impression that some people are eagerly hoping for a higher death toll because it would be worse for the government.

Nah, that would be really shit. However I do think it's important that the true death toll is acknowledge (even if it may never worked out with any confidence). It's partly about acknowledging the scale of the tragedy, but also to remember those who died. The idea that some people who might have been 'illegal'/undocumented and just slip away from history, is awful.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Tory councillor who managed Grenfell Tower refurbishment 'flees luxury £1.2m home after threats from angry residents'

That Met response to the Mirror is priceless:

Police were alerted on Saturday, 17 June, to reports of posters with allegedly abusive content displayed outside a residential address in the borough of Kensington.

Officers who subsequently attended the scene did not find any evidence of posters at the scene, or any evidence of criminal damage at the property.

Officers were subsequently sent photographs of the alleged posters. The individual property owner concerned was given advice by police. Enquiries continue.

 

[DaveCinzano]

That Met response to the Mirror is priceless:

One wonders what the exact nature of said advice proffered to said individual property owner might have been, in the circumstances, like.

 

[ddraig]

One wonders what the exact nature of said advice proffered to said individual property owner might have been, in the circumstances, like.

"grow up and get a grip you whinging toff, someone put up a poster? a poster?, boo hoo, they've lost loved ones and homes, get some pers pec tive" i'd hope, but doubt very much

 

[mrs quoad]

Edit: I'm feeling deeply suspicious of that link. I can't find a time / date stamp on it, and am unable to find the story on any other current news sites.

 

[Orang Utan]

Baby rescued from burnt building 12 days after London’s Grenfell Tower fire

Holy fuck.

that can't be true

 

[teqniq]

How is that even possible?

 

[DaveCinzano]

Baby rescued from burnt building 12 days after London’s Grenfell Tower fire

Holy fuck.

That's a fake news/clickbait site.

 

[killer b]

that can't be true

the other stories on the site seem to be made up, so no.

 

[mrs quoad]

That's a fake news/clickbait site.

Thanks, and apologies. It looked increasingly dodgy as fuck the more I looked into it (and thought about it); edited pretty much as you were commenting.

 

[ViolentPanda]

One wonders what the exact nature of said advice proffered to said individual property owner might have been, in the circumstances, like.

Hopefully "don't fucking waste our time, you chinless slag", rather than the usual cop-to-posho deference.

 

[Treacle Toes]

Spoiler: potentially dodgy fake news, beyond remarkable if true

Baby rescued from burnt building 12 days after London’s Grenfell Tower fire

Holy fuck.

Edit: I'm feeling deeply suspicious of that link. I can't find a time / date stamp on it, and am unable to find the story on any other current news sites.

Absolute tosh. Dodgey Wordpress blog Meka-news 2016.

 

[strung out]

that can't be true

It's not - that website is pretty clearly fake.

 

[DotCommunist]

Hopefully "don't fucking waste our time, you chinless slag", rather than the usual cop-to-posho deference.

they have ways of expressing it without using the language reserved for norms, although it was probably someone of rank making the polite but withering remarks

 

[mrs quoad]

Absolute tosh. Dodgey Wordpress blog Meka-news 2016.

Lesson swiftly learnt. Opened fingers before engaging brain.

 

[ddraig]

That's a fake news/clickbait site.

ffs

 

[DaveCinzano]

Lesson swiftly learnt. Opened fingers before engaging brain.

A grim reminder that there are some right sick bastards out there prepared to monetise the shit out of grief and pain

 

[Treacle Toes]

A grim reminder that there are some right sick bastards out there prepared to monetise the shit out of grief and pain

It's disgusting. Who would do it?

 

[existentialist]

One wonders what the exact nature of said advice proffered to said individual property owner might have been, in the circumstances, like.

"If I were you, sir, I'd fuck off out of it pretty sharpish. We've only got 2 coppers on this beat, and, well, y'know, wandering over could take a bit of time if there's any old ladies needing helping across the road or kittens up trees, and things unravel fast. We hear Rockall's quite nice this time of year, sir."

 

[existentialist]

That's a fake news/clickbait site.

Urgh, I've just had to point this out to several friends who've reposted it. I *think* I've pre-empted Mrs E doing so, but you can never be sure...

 

[cupid_stunt]

One wonders what the exact nature of said advice proffered to said individual property owner might have been, in the circumstances, like.

Just fuck off.

And, so he has.

 

[salem]

It's disgusting. Who would do it?

It'll be someone trying to get shares/likes on facebook which they can then sell (along with ads on the site in the meantime). This one seems especially considered though which is quite sick.

 

[teqniq]

Anyone with a modicum of knowledge of human physiology should know that the human body cannot survive much longer than 3 days without water. Anyone who doesn't know should be made aware.

 

[DotCommunist]

Anyone with a modicum of knowledge of human physiology should know that the human body cannot survive much longer than 3 days without water. Anyone who doesn't know should be made aware.

3 days water, three weeks food, three mins air. Thems the average limit although drinkers of their own piss may squeeze an extra day

 

[Wilf]

Arconic knowingly supplied flammable panels for use in tower: emails

That link closed my browser a couple of times. Here's another version in case it's doing the same for other people. Damning stuff, some heavy duty buck passing:

E-mails show Arconic, cladding manufacturer in London tower fire, knowingly supplied flammable panels

 

[DaveCinzano]

That link closed my browser a couple of times. Here's another version in case it's doing the same for other people. Damning stuff, some heavy duty buck passing:

E-mails show Arconic, cladding manufacturer in London tower fire, knowingly supplied flammable panels

<Never mind me >

 

[existentialist]

<Never mind me >

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery

 

[A380]

How is that even possible?

It's not. Sadly.

 

[teqniq]

It's not. Sadly.

I know, see post #3405