thejediknighthusezni said:
oojason said:
Grenfell Tower will forever stand as a rebuke to the right
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jun/16/grenfell-tower-rebuke-right-rampant-inequality
^ this is well worth a read.
I thought it was unaffordable and pointless green energy initiatives and the āprogressiveā outfits that peddle them that were the cause of this.
āThe Rightā, left to itself, never would have placed immigrants in that situation.
No.
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āGrenfell Tower fire: Up to 600 high-rise blocks using similar claddingāā¦
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/grenfell-tower-latest-600-high-rise-apartment-blocks-same-combustible-cladding-councils-estimate-a7802406.html
Austerity forced on the poor, disabled, voiceless, vulnerable, unemployed, ignored and the often forgot about - regardless of colour, ethnicity, religion, sex, or employment status - is finally being seen for what it actually is, 7 years and countless lives too late.
Let alone austerity on the emergency services, NHS, local councils, schools, libraries, parks, armed forces, intelligence services.
Itāll take years to recover from - even if it were started to be reversed today - but hopefully people will remember how austerity failed - and the true cost of itās impact, both on people and services, for years to comeā¦
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In other newsā¦
āTory Governmentās benefit cap is unlawful and causes āreal misery for no good purposeā, High Court rulesāā¦
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/benefit-cap-judicial-review-welfare-payments-government-loses-lawsuit-court-case-judge-misery-a7802286.html