Grenfell Tower fire in North Kensington - news and discussion

[chilango]

Is this "now"?

London fire: Protesters storm Kensington town hall - BBC News

 

[Lucy Fur]

Why?

Theresa May is way way way out of her depth....

Why? Are we dunking the witch now! Yay!

 

[Buckaroo]

It's that visible contempt for being forced to explain herself, it can only come from a truly epic yet completely baseless sense of entitlement.

The movie is called "Fields of Wheat", starring Una Stubbs as a beleaguered vicar's daughter who dreamed of wearing leather trousers and leopard skin shoes and reached for the stars but just fucked up everything etc

 

[inva]

Is this "now"?

London fire: Protesters storm Kensington town hall - BBC News

can't play the clip but looks like it's footage from earlier.

 

[chilango]

can't play the clip but looks like it's footage from earlier.

Ta, am trying play catch up with the thread, and failing.

 

[camouflage]

Why?
Why? Are we dunking the witch now! Yay!

from what I've heard, witches were good people.

 

[Lord Camomile]

 

[agricola]

I have read a fair few lefties compare state of neoliberalism in Britain to late 80s in the USSR.

A better parallel would be the state of British business in the 1980s.

After all, what they have basically done is spent the last twenty years Ratnerizing everything - and taken the idea of pension holidays and implemented it as government policy in many areas (as an example I notice that they thought the last few days would be an opportune time to announce that the national student debt level is now £100 billion).

 

[Lurdan]

The more detailed design drawing is here.

Folded aluminium surrounds not upvc, which is better, but looks like they were padded out on battens so there would have been a gap behind them to the original wall, which should have been fire sealed but I bet wasn't.

Cheers for that. Just found KCTMO's web page FAQ for tenants about the windows (which seems to have been removed from its site). Archive.org version here. Among the FAQ's

4 What are the window cills and reveals made of?
At flat 145 the window cill and reveals and cover pieces/trims were all shown as being in white UPVC, which does not need decorating. It is easy to wipe down if the cills get dirty, and the white reveals reflect more light into the room.

(From the newsletters issued during the regeneration contract it seems that the flat 145 referred to was a 'show flat' that was used as a 'respite' area for tenants during the works).

 

[Buckaroo]

from what I've heard, witches were good people.

Good witches are good, bad witches are scumbags.

 

[cantsin]

Is this "now"?

London fire: Protesters storm Kensington town hall - BBC News

Cple hours ago ? Not sure if they then marched to Downing St , or different demo ?

Either way, 2 x 30c days / long nights ahead - wldnt be surprised if a fair bit of O.B. On overtime this w/e

 

[YouSir]

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[major major]

Mrs MAY has just said it is 'awful' people have lost their homes and have nowhere to live.

NO Mrs May it's ''absolutely horrific'', young children and their parents have been Burnt Alive!!

Our PM has lost the plot, it's just one thing after another - she genuinely has the best of intentions but can't cope.

 

[brogdale]

Mrs MAY has just said it is 'awful' people have lost their homes and have nowhere to live.

NO Mrs May it's ''absolutely horrific'', young children and their parents have been Burnt Alive!!

Our PM has lost the plot, it's just one thing after another - she genuinely has the best of intentions but can't cope.

Agree, apart from the last 10 words...which are bollax.

 

[Orang Utan]

Mrs MAY has just said it is 'awful' people have lost their homes and have nowhere to live.

NO Mrs May it's ''absolutely horrific'', young children and their parents have been Burnt Alive!!

Our PM has lost the plot, it's just one thing after another - she genuinely has the best of intentions but can't cope.

Does she fuck. Why do you say that?

 

[Who PhD]

A note of caution to everyone, be mindful of what you say here or anywhere else. They will go crazy in the aftermath. Stay cool.

Who are you referring to? I don't follow

 

[gawkrodger]

from the Granuaid live feed

A man who posted pictures of a Grenfell Tower victim on social media has been sentenced to three months in prison.

Omega Mwaikambo was found guilty of malicious communications offences.

Mwaikambo pleaded guilty at Westminster Magistrates’ Court today to two counts under s127 of the Communications Act.

He received six weeks in prison for each count, to run consecutively, making a total of twelve weeks (three months).

Mwaikambo was originally arrested near to Latimer Road tube station on Wednesday after he posted images relating to the fire at Grenfell Tower on his Facebook page.

The images reportedly showed a partially clothed body.

 

[J Ed]

from the Granuaid live feed

I'm not saying that anyone should be doing this sort of thing, it is not good and they shouldn't be but why is this being prosecuted? There were pictures of victims of the Manchester attack posted online and no subsequent legal action was taken against them IIRC.

 

[Plumdaff]

What are the odds he's the only person who'll do time over this?

 

[Orang Utan]

I'm not saying that anyone should be doing this sort of thing, it is not good and they shouldn't be but why is this being prosecuted? There were pictures of victims of the Manchester attack posted online and no subsequent legal action was taken against them IIRC.

Seems very speedy too. Weird.

 

[Who PhD]

If the Tories think May can continue after this...

 

[Orang Utan]

If the Tories think May can continue after this...

they need her to

 

[mauvais]

Context is everything. Depends where he posted them and what the intent was.

 

[maomao]

Broken glass and a warm bath. That's her best way out at the moment.

(there are very few human beings in the world that I'd suggest something so sick about but she's barely fucking human in the first place)

 

[J Ed]

Solidarity to all urbz (and everyone else) on the march tonight.

 

[Lord Camomile]

If the Tories think May can continue after this...

they need her to

Brexit negotiations on Monday

 

[tim]

they need her to

They don't they'll find a strong and stable replacement

 

[Plumdaff]

Aaron Bastani reporting on Twitter that TSG are out preventing protestors approaching Grenfell Tower.

 

[cupid_stunt]

They don't they'll find a strong and stable replacement

 

[mauvais]

Yer man who got prosecuted opened body bags and took photos, it seems, then didn't take them down when viewers were disgusted by them. Not surprised they nicked him for that.