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    So, it was caused indirectly because of immigration? Those shady landlords and building contractors with Tory connections are lovely upstanding members of the community

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    That dudes ineptitude would only have caused his own flat to burn out, it would not have caused the whole building to go up in flames, had proper sprinklers been installed/working, smoke alarms, etc.. add to this, the highly combustible cladding..

    Those are the key factors (IMO) that led to the tragedy/loss of life.

    There ya go... I don't automatically agree with Thai3 (or anyone for that matter) although I still agree with him wholeheartedly on the excessive immigration issue, which is separate from this terrible incident.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NZdick1983 View Post
    There ya go... I don't automatically agree with Thai3 (or anyone for that matter) although I still agree with him wholeheartedly on the excessive immigration issue, which is separate from this terrible incident.
    That's the thing though, for him it's not a separate issue it's the only issue. Immigration/the race of the people involved.

    He's doesn't give a fuck that a bunch of people are dead he only cares about how he can use it as an opportunity to vent his bilious racism.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NZdick1983 View Post
    That dudes ineptitude would only have caused his own flat to burn out, it would not have caused the whole building to go up in flames, had proper sprinklers been installed/working, smoke alarms, etc.. add to this, the highly combustible cladding..

    Those are the key factors (IMO) that led to the tragedy/loss of life.

    There ya go... I don't automatically agree with Thai3 (or anyone for that matter) although I still agree with him wholeheartedly on the excessive immigration issue, which is separate from this terrible incident.
    Had he closed the door and windows it might never have happened

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    How can it possibly be immigration? It's not like whites have never ever caused a fire! Shoddy, corner cutting refurbishment magnified what should have just been a one flat incident on an unprecedented scale. If my kitchen caught fire I would probably be in too much of a panic to think straight. This is why sprinklers and fire alarms are needed- inanimate objects tend not to panic. The block of flats I live in here in Mandalay is pretty run down- but it has working sprinklers, fire hoses and several exits. I fail to see how these would be an issue to be installed in a building in the developed world. I'm not really buying the power surge story- we get them all day here and nothing has caught fire or exploded yet. I don't think the media is telling the whole truth.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mandaloopy
    That's the thing though, for him it's not a separate issue it's the only issue. Immigration/the race of the people involved. He's doesn't give a fuck that a bunch of people are dead he only cares about how he can use it as an opportunity to vent his bilious racism.
    I haven't seen him say anything resembling glee, for the poor victims in this horrific event (immigrants or not) I don't think anyone on this forum is happy those people died - and if they are, they should hang their heads in shame.

    This event (to me personally) was even more terrible than the recent terrorist attacks. Mothers throwing their babies out of the burning building, kids calling their parents for the last time, knowing they were doomed...

    You'd have to be a sick individual to gain any happiness from that most horrendous *and preventable incident.

    Quote Originally Posted by Thai3
    Had he closed the door and windows it might never have happened
    Maybe, but that's way beyond my station to make that judgement call... I would dare to say that the other factors I mentioned (IMO) would have doomed the occupants more than
    the careless actions of that one individual *stupid as they may have been.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NZdick1983 View Post
    I haven't seen him say anything resembling glee
    I didn't say he had. I said he doesn't give a fuck beyond how he can use it to spew his dribble.

    You don't have to express glee over people dying to be a racist miserable old cnut, you just have to be a racist miserable old cnut. And xanax, guess what, is a racist miserable old cnut.

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    The tenants are blaming everybody else except themselves, but it was they who voted down a sprinkler installation, not the mayor or the PM. If they had been asked to contribute 5 quid each to use safer cladding it would have been the same response. But when it all goes tits up it's always somebody elses fault and never anything to do with them

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    Quote Originally Posted by Thai3
    The tenants are blaming everybody else except themselves, but it was they who voted down a sprinkler installation, not the mayor or the PM. If they had been asked to contribute 5 quid each to use safer cladding it would have been the same response. But when it all goes tits up it's always somebody elses fault and never anything to do with them
    There is some truth to this. However, it is social housing and as such the council should be duty bound to pay for maintenance and refurbishment. It is also more than a little insulting that May has promised 5 million to help- a rather small figure when it is put up against the refurbishment of The Houses of Parliament. I'm sure the MPs will be working around some of the best fire sprinklers money can buy- funded by tax payers, naturally!

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    The feral scum that inhabit much of that estate would set off a sprinkler system every time they feel "triggered", oppressed, bored or just malevolent. Basically ten times a day.

    The only thing to stop them would be the drug dealing gangs who'd worry about their stashes getting wet. They are the only meaningful form of enforcement that functions there in any event

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lostandfound View Post
    The feral scum that inhabit much of that estate would set off a sprinkler system every time they feel "triggered", oppressed, bored or just malevolent. Basically ten times a day.

    The only thing to stop them would be the drug dealing gangs who'd worry about their stashes getting wet. They are the only meaningful form of enforcement that functions there in any event
    I couldn't have put it better, a sprinkler system is not found in many council tower blocks , the one I lived in on the 17th floor in London didn't have one, in fact I have been into hundreds of tower blocks and can't recall seeing any installed.

    My take on another factor why the fire could spread, it's summer and those tower blocks bake in the sunshine so that night all the windows would be open to cool down your flat.

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    Quote Originally Posted by wasabi View Post

    in fact I have been into hundreds of tower blocks and can't recall seeing any installed.
    I too have rarely seen sprinklers in tower blocks.

    Quote Originally Posted by wasabi View Post
    My take on another factor why the fire could spread, it's summer and those tower blocks bake in the sunshine so that night all the windows would be open to cool down your flat.
    I was wondering the same thing

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lostandfound View Post
    The feral scum that inhabit much of that estate would set off a sprinkler system every time they feel "triggered", oppressed, bored or just malevolent. Basically ten times a day.

    The only thing to stop them would be the drug dealing gangs who'd worry about their stashes getting wet. They are the only meaningful form of enforcement that functions there in any event
    You are talking out your arse there. Absolute drivel and quite, quite untrue.

    Evidently, you don't know your fucking Madras from your Elba.

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    This is the British monarchy, in action, showing it has learned from its mistakes of the past.

    Mistakes that have included the significant time that elapsed before the Queen visited the site of the Aberfan disaster in the 1960s and the "Show us you care" newspaper headlines that were printed 20 years ago in the days following the death of Diana, Princess of Wales.

    As Theresa May is learning to her cost, it is a tragedy with a growing political dimension.

    There is a howl of pain and anger being directed at an establishment that has the royals at its heart.

    There is the talk of the divide between rich and poor. The Queen's grandson is a millionaire prince living in a palace in the same borough as Grenfell Tower.

    In coming to the site, the Queen was acting as "head of the nation" - a focal point at a moment of considerable pain.

    She was also providing her prime minister with a masterclass in how to respond on such occasions.

    London fire: Queen shows how to respond to disaster - BBC News
    "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect,"

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    Seems the planned demonstration has been called off.


    The right decision imo.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Norton
    She was also providing her prime minister with a masterclass in how to respond on such occasions.
    Do people actually care that the Queen shuffled around there & shook a couple hands?

    I don't think I would.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Slick View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Norton
    She was also providing her prime minister with a masterclass in how to respond on such occasions.
    Do people actually care that the Queen shuffled around there & shook a couple hands?

    I don't think I would.
    Yes. People care very much.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Slick View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Norton
    She was also providing her prime minister with a masterclass in how to respond on such occasions.
    Do people actually care that the Queen shuffled around there & shook a couple hands?

    I don't think I would.
    It would of been much more fun if Phil had gone along and abused the Tenants for being Darkies.

    He was always much more fun than silly old Lizzie eh.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Slick
    I don't think I would
    That's cuz you're a yank.
    Last edited by Norton; 17-06-2017 at 05:52 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DrB0b
    Yes. People care very much.
    Just seems like boring, out of date old news the whole entitled royal family thing

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    The ultimate irony - dogs helping search for Muslim bodies.
    What next in our crazy PC/Islamic country: the 'unclean' dogs getting sued in court ....




    For added protection the dogs wear buster boots (pictured), which protect their paws from broken glass and chippings that litter the floor of the gutted building

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    It kind of is.

    But Liz is above it all.

    Even for many/most republicans.

    The forces use dogs in lots of majority muslim countries, blue.

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    Seems no one in power, from May down is really interested in what happened or finding the truth.

    Reason I say this, May jumped up and called a public inquiry on the spot, or in otherwords, coverup.

    Why you may say, how is that a coverup, well a public inquiry is controled by the government, they call witnesses, ask questions and control what is going on and the final report.

    To find the real truth an inquest with a jury would be best, then victims can call witnesses, cross examine and the jury can find unlawful death.

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    Lots of people made a mistake, including the residents, scapegoat will be served up (contractor) then it's the good old lessons will be learned mantra.

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    London fire: Protesters storm Kensington town hall - BBC News.

    Quite like this one. A little different to the crap Sky news is showing over and over again

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