Tag: London’s Grenfell Tower

NOVANEWS By Graham Peebles Charred, lifeless and brutal, the hollowed out remains of Grenfell Tower in west London scream of the human agony inflicted when, on 14 June, the building became an inferno. While there are various theories about what triggered the fire, what is clear is that this disaster was not an accident. It was the consequence of a social housing policy dating back to the 1980s, systematic neglect, social injustice and the ongoing war being waged on the poorest members of British society by the Conservative government. And this time the result is not just low pay, second-rate education and housing, lack of opportunities, increased anxiety and depression, but murder, families torn to pieces, lives destroyed. Deep sadness shrouds the whole area, and, coming as it does on ...