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Piers Thompson - morning after the Grenfell Tower fire (censored from BBC iPlayer) quiet

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Channel: Public Enquiry · 2017 · News & Politics

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They'd have been safer with asbestos cladding!
This clip with Piers Thompson is from this BBC iPlayer special which says it's supposed to be 240 minutes long, the whole of that morning's special. That's four hours. When you actually open the iPlayer programme to play it's only 1 hour long - ! - so what are the BBC up to?
Tony Gosling Friday 30th June 2017
I'd suggest the same lawyers who are trying to cover up the crimes of Grenfell Tower for Kensington and Chelsea council, 'Old' Nick Paget-Brown and the Tory government are hard at work at the BBC 'ADVISING' certain clips be removed from the BBC iPlayer 'so they don't prejudice a public enquiry or police investigation'. Utter TOSH as any journalist knows restrictions only begin if and when someone is CHARGED by the police and that hadn't happened on the morning.
They're just covering up the crime and the weasel LAWYERS should be charged for perverting the course of justice.
Disgusted to see the Met still haven't arrested anyone for questioning - disgusted. Its as if this whole crime is being turned into a provocation to riot....
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b08trkrh/bbc-news-special-grenfell-tower-fire

KCTMO – Playing with fire! November 20, 2016
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Locals’ anger and frustration spills out after Grenfell Tower fire
Tenants criticise council and building’s management company after Wednesday’s devastating blaze
Wednesday 14 June 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jun/14/grenfell-fire-location-reaction-anger
A long wait for news of loved ones or somewhere to stay has left those caught up in the Grenfell Tower disaster in a state of grief and frustration, amid claims that relief efforts were falling short.
Charity workers and volunteers providing aid for those affected by the fire said that they were coordinating with each other on Wednesday evening, with little central coordination from the council or other authorities.
Zia Salik, of Islamic Relief, spent the day helping to collect supplies at al-Manaar Islamic centre on Acklam Road near Ladbroke Grove since the morning. He said his group had been coordinating with other Muslim charities but had little central direction from authorities.
“We’ve had a few local council workers who popped by [the centre] to see what was going on but I think to be honest it’s probably a resource issue. It’s very much down to the charities.”

Volunteers at the Notting Hill Methodist church also complained of a lack of central coordination from authorities. They were turning away donations after running out of space. Ian Pilcher, a 50-year-old local resident who had been volunteering all day, said the official response appeared to be non-existent.
“This has been a bottom-up effort from the community, people from the community just trying to find out where to bring stuff,” he said.
“In terms of any sort of local crisis response management, there has been no coordination at all as far as we understand. It’s been about centres like this coordinating with other centres and working out where to bring things. There has been very little top-level leadership.”
The borough of Kensington and Chelsea did not comment on claims its emergency response had been lacking. It said it had already “housed 44 families on commercial hotels” and would be working through the night to house people either in the Westway sports centre, where emergency accommodation for 300 people has been established, or in other hotels.
But local residents, already in anguish over the fire and reports that repeated efforts to raise the problem had been ignored, expressed their anger at the authorities.
Piers Thompson, a local campaigner, vented his fury at the Kensington and Chelsea council leader, Nicholas Paget-Brown, who arrived for an on-camera interview with the BBC in the shadow of the charred remains of the tower. He shouted: “Do you have blood on your hands, Paget-Brown?” The council leader did not respond.
Thompson said “Their social housing has been a catastrophe waiting to happen. Everyone here has lost someone. We want to see some justice for the victims.
“These guys [gesturing to the councillor] stand around with hubris and arrogance. They’ve built something which is more of a firetrap than it ever was before. It used to be a beautiful concrete building.”
Thompson said the council’s tenant management organisation was “not fit to run a bath”.
His wife, Tanya Thompson, who campaigns with her husband, said: “The breathtaking arrogance of the council – the refurbishment was appalling.”
Later, there were chaotic scenes on Walmer Road where some of the distressed and traumatised victims of the fire were given temporary shelter. The council had directed families from the tower to the Rugby Portobello Trust just metres down the road, but it was due to close at 8pm....

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