Last year Shane Ewen drew a wider conclusion from the Grenfell Inquiry & other incidents:
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Last year Shane Ewen drew a wider conclusion from the Grenfell Inquiry & other incidents:
'Contrary to the popular mantra that fire doesn’t discriminate, the poor & disadvantaged in UK & other societies are disproportionately affected by fire because they are forced to live in unsafe or overcrowded housing'!
As so often, the poor & vulnerable live in situations & experience life in ways that make their position worse.... and harder to escape.
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JuneSim63replied to Emeritus Prof Christopher May last edited by
@ChrisMayLA6 There is also the abdication of responsibility for regulation by government, which has ceded it to the building industry, which also has contempt for the poorest and most vulnerable.
This is nicely described by the Guardian's housing correspondent Peter Apps (always worth reading). -
@junesim63 @ChrisMayLA6 @KimSJ When you look into the failures leading to Grenfell it doesn't take long before the name Margaret Thatcher appears.
Her irrational hatred of local councils caused her to remove responsibility for building control from them.
I started my architectural career in the ‘80s before this change. The council building control departments were staffed by people who knew their shit. The system worked.