The wooden cladding had been treated so that it would take 30 minutes before a fire could take hold. “There’s another Grenfell in the post and it is going to land on your door. Nobody has been held accountable and police investigations into potential manslaughter and health and safety violations aren’t expected until 2021. There’s an obscenity to the Tory leadership race, in which candidates parade their tax-cutting credentials when the need for more social housing, safety inspectors and housing officers is so painfully evident. So long as a similar tragedy could happen tomorrow, the answer is a shameful no.

Source: The Guardian June 14, 2019 05:00 UTC